A Illinois news report suggests that the proposed Illiana Expressway’s creation might be influenced by the ability of the Illinois Toll Road Authority to catch toll cheaters who abuse open road tolling lanes. Illinois’ Toll Road officials don’t know how much money is lost to cheaters, according to the Daily Herald.
Writes Joseph Ryan of the […]
John Greuling, chairman and CEO of the Will County Center for Economic Development, says to watch for a push for the Illiana Expressway in 2008, reports the Herald News.
Don’t be surprised if area officials now start pushing hard for the Peotone airport and the Illiana expressway in 2008, Greuling predicted.
I took a drive on US 30 yesterday from Merrillville to Warsaw.
While I was driving on the four lane road cutting through a large swath of Northern Indiana farmland and undeveloped rural lands, I wondered if there was opposition to build that highway when it was first proposed? I haven’t heard of any, but that […]
Comments Phil Angelo of the Kankakee Daily Journal on the chances of the Illiana Expressway being built in a 2007 end of the year wrap-up:
The year ended, too, with the Illiana Expressway, light commuter rail to Kankakee, and the Third Airport all remaining in the “talk and plan” stage. The most likely of the three […]
Opposition to the proposed Illiana Expressway helped propel Lowell town councilman John Alessia, Jr. into office, reports the Post-Tribune.
“One of the big things I will be addressing is the Illiana Toll Road,” Alessia said of his goals for his first term in office. He said he is against a proposal to build a toll […]
Open thread question: How much of a toll would you be willing to pay to drive the Illiana Expressway from I-65 in Lake County, Indiana to I-57 in Will County, Illinois?
Should the tolls be set up like the Illinois Tollway with open road tolling?
Or, should they be set up like the Indiana Toll Road and […]
While it is being played as competition to the Illiana Expressway in the media, an extension of I-355 between I-80 and I-57 would fit perfectly into Daniel Burnham’s vision of a third ring road around Chicago if the proposd Illiana Expressway from I-65 in Lake County, Indiana to I-57 in Will County, Illinois was coordinated […]
The Northwest Indiana Times had this little tidbit about the Illiana Expressway in a Christmas Eve item giving advice to Santa Claus on what he should give to local political leaders and the like and suggested giving coal to the anti-Illiana crowd:
Opponents of the Illiana Expressway study. The proposal was to study the feasibility of […]
What are your wish lists for the Illiana Expressway?
Both sides are welcome to leave their comments — pro and con.
Just keep things civil and rational.
I’ve upgraded my blogging platform for Illiana Expressway to make keeping it updated during the year 2008 a little easier.
The older posts are still available on Blogger — click here to access.
