Articles filed under Tollways
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Different rules for two committees selecting professional contractsMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway blacked out names of members of a professional consultant selection committee in 10 sets of minutes provided following a Freedom of Information Act ...
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Who's on contractor selection committee? Tollway won't sayMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway contends its no-bid process that uses a selection committee to makes recommendations to the board on expensive engineering contracts is independent ...
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8 years?!? Behemoth Tri-State widening project about to beginMay 07, 2018 5:30 am - Up to 213,500 cars and trucks a day to work around. Irate residents. Thirty-two bridges teeming with traffic. Multiple railroads and the second-busiest airport in the na...
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Two-vehicle I-90 tollway crash sends one person to hospitalMay 06, 2018 1:00 am - Some lanes on the westbound Jane Addams Tollway near Busse Road were closed temporarily Sunday morning after a two-vehicle crash sent one person to a hospital. Illinois ...
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Tollway director denounces 'bullies,' departs meetingApr 26, 2018 1:00 am - A routine Illinois tollway board meeting became charged with tension Thursday after one board director denounced "bullies" and "cowards," then left after recusing himsel...
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How state lawmakers are trying to stop political patronage at tollwayApr 24, 2018 1:00 am - Democratic and Republican legislators want changes in state law to curb the potential for political patronage at the Illinois tollway. The move comes after articles by t...
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Tollway launches info sessions on controversial $4 billion Tri-State redoApr 24, 2018 1:00 am - Open houses on the Illinois tollway's $4 billion reconstruction of the Central Tri-State tollway run through Thursday at suburban locations. The agency will present a co...
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New tollway chief gets $29,000 more than previous CEOApr 23, 2018 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway's new Executive Director Elizabeth Gorman will be paid $215,000 a year, $29,000 more than her predecessor. Gorman, a former Republican Cook County c...
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Drivers beware: Traffic on I-90 down to one lane this weekendApr 18, 2018 1:00 am - Traffic will be reduced to a single lane on Interstate 90 between Lee Street and Interstate 294 in Des Plaines beginning Friday. The temporary lane closures are necessa...
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Moylan: Tolls for cars with trailers are 'highway robbery'Apr 17, 2018 1:00 am - Passenger cars towing trailers are getting hit with excessive tolls, state Rep. Marty Moylan says, and he has filed legislation to lower rates the Illinois tollway charg...