Articles filed under Transportation
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Editorial: Former DuPage chief brings practicality, vision to tollway in transitionJun 10, 2015 11:00 pm - The Illinois Tollway is never lacking for controversy, but at least as Robert Schillerstrom takes the helm of the tollway board, the chief topic of conversation is no lo...
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Former railroad czar to head Chicago metropolitan planning boardJun 10, 2015 1:00 am - The region's new chief planner, a rail expert, will have his hands full tackling the complicated knot that ties up freight and commuter trains here and across the nation...
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Heat buckles Higgins Road:Jun 10, 2015 1:00 am - Temperatures reaching 92 degrees in Hoffman Estates Wednesday caused part of Higgins Road to buckle around just before 3 p.m. Two right lanes on the westbound side just ...
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Tollway chief wants new route to O'Hare, prairie plants, jobsJun 10, 2015 1:00 am - Economic growth and transportation are intertwined, which is why one of his jobs at the Illinois tollway is jobs, new Chairman Bob Schillerstrom said. "Infrastructure fi...
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Traffic alert: Ramp closing on Route 25 at Jane AddamsJun 09, 2015 1:00 am - Beginning this week, Route 25 commuters will get some unwanted variety in their routines with the closure of the ramp leading to the westbound Jane Addams Tollway (I-90)...
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How Route 53 extension could gain from Illiana's lossJun 07, 2015 1:00 pm - Today's scoreboard shows the Illiana Expressway trailing the Route 53 extension by a mile. Amid a budget feud with Democrats, Gov. Bruce Rauner jettisoned the Illiana la...
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Woman sets out on 6,000-mile Pacific crossing by rowboatJun 07, 2015 1:00 am - CHOSHI, Japan - The best part of being on the ocean for weeks at a time, says Sonya Baumstein, is the stars. The worst? Being wet, all the time. Baumstein, an athlete fr...
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Rauner names ex-DuPage chairman to top Tollway board postJun 05, 2015 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Bruce Rauner has appointed a prominent Republican from DuPage County to the top spot on the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority board. The governor ...
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Persistent delays raise questions about O'Hare promisesJun 05, 2015 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Jetliners roared down O'Hare's newest runway as Chicago officials cheerfully touted the latest piece of a decadelong overhaul as a tipping point that coul...
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Jane Addams Tollway work brings local road closuresJun 05, 2015 1:00 am - The first lane closures on major thoroughfares underneath the Jane Addams Tollway begin next week as work continues on the widening of the road. From next week through A...