Articles filed under Transportation
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Mixed bag of bad behavior in tollway reportSep 27, 2012 1:54 pm - Irregularities in a contract with a minority-owned business, collectors scamming the system, and an abusive manager were among the findings in a report released Thursday...
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Tollway balks at contractor after scrutinySep 27, 2012 1:50 pm - Illinois tollway directors reversed course Thursday by not hiring a former contractor to evaluate past and present construction programs after questions surfaced about t...
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Rail transit not for tollway to undertakeSep 25, 2012 4:40 am - On these pages, about two months ago, a letter questioned the legitimacy of the Tollway Authority’s efforts and expenditures of funds to further its role in the incorpor...
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Report on near misses at O’Hare releasedSep 24, 2012 8:36 pm - Federal transportation investigators released a preliminary report Monday about two near midair collisions at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport that raises question...
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Elgin construction cuts off Weld Road from McLean Blvd.Sep 24, 2012 5:34 pm - Starting Wednesday, Weld Road no longer will connect to McLean Boulevard in Elgin because of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s ongoing interchange reconstructi...
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How to get to the course in time to hang with Tiger and RorySep 24, 2012 5:30 am - Sunglasses? Check. Plus fours? Check. Sunscreen? Check. Sharpie for autographs? Check. Transportation plan to get you to the Ryder Cup? Che........ Don’t worry. That’s w...
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Editorial: Looking for confidence in tollway contractSep 23, 2012 5:00 am - It is generally considered a bad thing for the right hand not to know what the left is doing. For a new consultant contract, however, the Illinois Tollway says it’s the ...
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The SoapboxSep 22, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you, Mayor: A park district commissioner. Then, a village trustee and village president. Thirty-four years of public service Arlene Mulder has given to Arlington H...
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Worker finds body of man missing from trainSep 21, 2012 9:22 pm - HAIGLER, Neb. — A retired California firefighter who disappeared from a Chicago-bound train has been found dead in western Nebraska. The family of 69-year-old Charlie Do...
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Construction begins on Joliet transportation hubSep 21, 2012 4:13 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has broken ground on a transportation hub in downtown Joliet. Quinn and Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider attended the ceremony on Friday mo...