Articles filed under Tollways
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Chatty I-PASS transponders could cost $8-$9Nov 15, 2012 10:00 am - It won't change your oil or rotate your tires, but a future I-PASS transponder could alert you if you miss a toll payment. A recent survey of drivers showed about 85 per...
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How $2 billion in campaign cash could have been spent on Illinois roadsNov 11, 2012 10:00 pm - Tuesday night, I drove out in the rain along Butterfield Road to get to my election assignment — Congressman Peter Roskam's victory party in Wheaton. The going was a lit...
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Disputing incorrect toll violations should get easierNov 05, 2012 12:23 pm - If you’ve had the bad luck of having a car stolen, the last thing you need is a toll violation notice for the missing vehicle. As of Monday, the Illinois tollway will ma...
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Tollway budget promises plenty of construction zones next yearOct 25, 2012 5:00 pm - The Illinois tollway's 2013 preliminary budget is big on road building with steep increases in construction spending for projects such as expanding the Jane Addams Memor...
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Truck dumps candy on Jane Addams TollwayOct 18, 2012 12:15 pm - A semi-truck driver who nodded off behind the wheel while westbound on the Jane Addams Tollway Thursday morning dumped his load of candy all over the highway, authoritie...
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Driver cited in fatal crash on I-90Oct 16, 2012 9:00 am - One driver has been cited in Tuesday's multivehicle crash on I-90 near Arlington Heights Road that killed a Long Grove man, according to state police. The victim, identi...
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Funding feud could lead to transit 'Armageddon,' RTA chief saysOct 07, 2012 11:00 pm - I have that déjà vu feeling. A special meeting of the Regional Transportation Authority's been called to vote on funding for the 2013 budget. This time, the meeting fall...
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Power back on in HuntleyOct 03, 2012 12:34 pm - ComEd restored power in Huntley this morning, a bit more than an hour after it had gone out, a ComEd spokeswoman said. The interruption affected about 1,500 customers ne...
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The SoapboxSep 29, 2012 5:00 am - Oooh, that smell: One suggestion for those who might be in the situation described by the neighbors of William Tinkler, the Elgin man who police say had been storing dea...
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Mixed bag of bad behavior in tollway reportSep 27, 2012 1:54 pm - Irregularities in a contract with a minority-owned business, collectors scamming the system, and an abusive manager were among the findings in a report released Thursday...