Articles filed under Transportation
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Planners hope federal funding will help ease local freight gridlockJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - After years of short-term extensions, Congress is talking about a multiyear transportation funding bill that could help the Chicago region untie its freight gridlock, pl...
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Police station or bus garage at Des Plaines Salvation Army site?Jun 24, 2015 5:30 am - The Des Plaines Police Department and Pace suburban bus system have been eyeing a 17-acre property on the city's west side as a way to address their needs for more space...
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Braking deadline looms for Metra, other agenciesJun 24, 2015 1:00 am - Metra and most other railroads won't meet a Dec. 31 deadline to install an automatic braking system known as positive train control, industry executives told Congress We...
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DuPage economic development group's chief headed to tollwayJun 24, 2015 12:00 am - Changes at the Illinois tollway are happening fast with a new executive director expected to start this week. Greg Bedalov, president and CEO of Choose DuPage, an econom...
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Barrington Hills denounces Longmeadow Parkway projectJun 23, 2015 5:30 am - The Barrington Hills village board denounced the Longmeadow Parkway project at its meeting Monday night, saying the proposed four-lane tollway would harm residents and b...
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IDOT official: Rauner wants to spend 'billions' on infrastructureJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - Truckers that navigate a "maze of rules and regulations" in the region can expect changes to move them quicker through the city and suburbs, Chicago Metropolitan Agency ...
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Why more angst is coming for I-90 driversJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) drivers can expect some changes coming next week at the Elmhurst Road interchange. The tollway is widening the toll road and rebuilding the El...
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CEO Priester left out of $4.6 million Chicago Executive Airport budgetJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - Following the lead of their counterparts in Wheeling, Prospect Heights aldermen on Monday unanimously approved the Chicago Executive Airport's $4.6 million budget for 20...
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Neighbors fear Palatine will remove pedestrian bridgeJun 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Palatine has to decide whether to repair Rose Street bridge over Salt Creek
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Schaumburg says 'yes' to tollway soundwallJun 19, 2015 5:30 am - Schaumburg officials are following the lead of an apartment complex in Rolling Meadows by requesting the installation of a soundwall for one of their own complexes on th...