Articles filed under Tollways
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County by county, here are the 2023 construction hot spots in your neighborhoodApr 17, 2023 5:00 am - Road construction is coming to a neighborhood near you. Here's a look at some state and local projects across the region. Cook County • Repaving on County line Road...
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Long road ahead: Here's your 2023 construction guide for the city and suburbsApr 17, 2023 5:00 am - Break out the aspirin. Get Siri to play smooth jazz. Whatever it takes as two megaprojects coincide, triggering a blockbuster construction season that will try the patie...
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Woman gets probation for I-355 drunk-driving crash that killed her babyApr 07, 2023 1:00 am - A woman whose drunken driving caused a crash that killed her baby son was sentenced Friday to four years of probation. DuPage County Judge Michael Reidy pronounced the s...
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Tollway employee disciplined after hanging ropeMar 24, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois tollway officials said Friday they had taken disciplinary action against an employee who hung a rope from the ceiling of a maintenance facility in August 2022. ...
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Expressway shootings are down, but road rage is on the riseMar 17, 2023 5:00 am - The number of shootings along Chicago-area expressways continues to fall this year after a record 310 in 2021, but within that nugget of good news is a worrying trend. ...
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Why you should slow down when you cross into IowaMar 13, 2023 5:30 am - “Welcome to Easygoing” is how a tourist website depicts LeClaire, Iowa, with delightful images of bald eagles, riverboats and the original “American Pickers” antique sho...
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Taxes? Tolls? 'Transit is the Answer' plan brings bevy of questionsMar 06, 2023 4:30 am - By Marni Pyke mpyke@dailyherald.com Imagine being able to jump from Metra to the CTA or Pace seamlessly. Imagine audible announcements instead of "ruhmmhmmm ... delays ....
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'I'm honored': Another tollway chairman steps into the frayFeb 23, 2023 12:00 am - Incoming Illinois tollway board Chairman Arnie Rivera attended his first board meeting Thursday and thanked colleagues for bringing him up to speed on the $1.5 billion a...
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Tollway chief talks about Bears, turnover and constructionFeb 13, 2023 4:30 am - It's been a tumultuous year at the Illinois tollway, with four top leaders flying out the doors. New Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse says her feet are firmly planted...
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'Harsh and sudden death': How wrong-way crashes are increasing in Illinois and elsewhereJan 30, 2023 4:30 am - By Marni Pyke mpyke@dailyherald.com When Robert Strobl didn't show up for his morning shift at a Naperville gas station, co-workers started to worry. Their instincts wer...