Articles filed under Tollways
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Transportation officials out of touch on cost controlAug 28, 2011 12:00 am - The Metropolitan Planning Council put out a statement the other day in which it could barely contain its glee over the “banner month” August has turned out to be for reg...
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Will tollway expansion create 120,000 jobs?Aug 26, 2011 12:00 am - A $12 billion capital plan that would create thousands of jobs seems like a panacea for the metropolitan region’s woeful unemployment rate of 10.5 percent. But predictin...
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DuPage leaders: O’Hare bypass not enoughAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Leaders in communities along the western edge of O’Hare International Airport say the extension of the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway and a western bypass around the airport wi...
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Especially now, tollway perk should goAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - “I don’t think the tollway should subsidize commuting,” Illinois Toll Highway Authority Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said in August 2010. She was answering reporter...
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Drivers pay higher tolls starting Jan. 1Aug 25, 2011 12:00 am - I-PASS users will pay nearly double current rates starting Jan. 1 after Illinois tollway directors Thursday approved a massive $12 billion, 15-year capital program that ...
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I-PASS users vent on toll hikeAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - Tollway drivers questioned at the Des Plaines Oasis on I-90 reacted strongly to news of a toll increase. “I can see it go up a little bit because it hasn’t been increase...
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Toll hike likely, but rival plan to be debated, tooAug 24, 2011 11:00 pm - All indications are tollway drivers should prepare for a rate hike effective Jan. 1. With a discussion scheduled for today on the Illinois tollway's proposed $12 billion...
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Quinn backs toll hikeAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn came out strongly Wednesday in favor of a toll increase to pay for a major public works program. While he noted the decision was up to the tollway's board...
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Hearings concluded, toll increase vote could come ThursdayAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois tollway leaders signaled they'll vote on proposed toll hikes this week as a series of tempestuous public hearings concluded Tuesday. “At this point, we've had n...
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As rate hike looms, tollway workers get free I-PASSAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Employees of the Illinois tollway are one group of commuters that won't feel the sting of proposed rate hikes on daily trips to and from work. Illinois State Toll Highwa...