http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana News and information about the proposed Illiana Expressway Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:51:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Illiana Expressway blog is moving from its /noilliana subdirectory to ChristopherHedges.com and will become a part of that Northwest Indiana and national "issues" blog. Illiana Expressway entries will be tagged and posts here have been "mirrored" there to make searching easier and more convenient.  Please update your records and thanks ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/22/illiana-expressway-is-moving/ The "Blogging Mayor of Round Lake" in Illinois writes about NIMBY -- not in my backyard -- opposition to plans to build a new major road project in Lake County, Illinois. The real opposition, the moneyed, vocal opposition, is coming from a different group: the NIMBYs. (NIMBY stands for "not in ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/16/thoughts-on-nimby/ 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 ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/11/report-catching-toll-cheaters-key-to-illiana-expressway-success/ 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. http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/07/will-county-to-push-for-illiana-expressway/ 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 ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/05/driving-on-us-30-while-thinking-of-illiana/ 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 ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/03/all-talk-plan/ Since Macquarie Infrastructure Group Cintra is likely to be the company that will run the proposed Illiana Expressway -- it makes sense that they'd be interested because they run the Chicago Skyway and the Indiana Toll Road -- I'm posting some of my gripes in the Illiana Expressway blog instead ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/02/izoom-doesnt-always-play-well-with-ipass/ The Bowling Green Daily News reports that the I-65 corridor is the third busiest in the nation. Writes Robyn Minor: Anyone traveling this holiday season can tell you just how busy Interstate 65 is. Carrying between 30,000 and more than 100,000 vehicles a day in various sections in Kentucky, I-65 is speculated ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2008/01/02/i-65-corridor-3rd-busiest/ 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 ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2007/12/30/anti-illiana-position-helped-elect-lowells-john-alessia-jr-to-council/ 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 ... http://christopherhedges.com/noilliana/2007/12/29/what-toll-would-you-pay/