Articles filed under Transportation
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Is Illinois road funding split fair — or ‘arbitrary’?May 27, 2013 12:12 pm - Performance-based funding for transportation. It’s a wonky title for an idea that could transform how we allocate money for road projects in Illinois. “We spend a lot of...
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Quinn unveils traveling memorial exhibition at Des Plaines OasisMay 25, 2013 11:51 am - Gov. Pat Quinn on Saturday unveiled the traveling “Portrait of a Soldier” exhibition commemorating Illinois soldiers killed in combat since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...
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Quinn to unveil exhibit Saturday morningMay 24, 2013 7:54 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn will unveil the Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibit at 9:30 a.m. Saturday inside the Des Plaines Oasis on the Jane Addams Tollway in remembrance of Ill...
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Mannheim Road work beginsMay 24, 2013 6:50 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation has started a nearly $60 million roadwork project to widen and rebuild Mannheim Road from north of Irving Park Road to north of...
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Barrington: Crash raises urgency for changes at CN crossingMay 24, 2013 11:42 am - Barrington officials say Thursday’s rush-hour collision between a freight train and a semitrailer truck on Route 14 only strengthens their argument for a grade separatio...
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Gurnee wants deadbeats to pay $1.5 milllion in red-light camera violation finesMay 24, 2013 10:08 am - Gurnee has been stiffed on about $1.5 million in red-light camera violation fines and has turned to a state agency in the hope of getting money from the deadbeats. Villa...
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Fewer making the great escape this Memorial DayMay 23, 2013 5:00 pm - More Americans will be hanging out around home this Memorial Day weekend. AAA predicts that 34.8 million people will hit the road, airports, boat docks, train and bus st...
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Palatine man killed when motorcycle hit fenceMay 23, 2013 10:42 am - A 30-year-old Palatine man died Wednesday night after the motorcycle he was riding skidded into a fence on Wilke Road in Palatine after he apparently failed to negotiate...
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House approves raising interstate speed limit to 70May 22, 2013 2:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House Wednesday voted to raise interstate and tollway speed limits to 70 mph. Suburban counties would be allowed to opt out of the higher limi...
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Lake Forest Hospital upgrade work begins this summerMay 22, 2013 10:18 am - The first phase of the Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital campus revitalization project will begin this summer with construction of a new entrance road to the campus from...