Realtors Say Illiana Expressway Needed

Northwest Indiana Realtors say that the Illiana Expressway is needed to sell homes in the South Shore Region, writes the president of the Greater Northwest Indiana Association of Realtors in a letter to the editor published in the Northwest Indiana Times.

We already know that our primary east-west corridor, the Borman Expressway, is one of the deadliest stretches of road in the nation, and now the flooding on the Borman, which led to days of road, lane and ramp closures, further illustrates the need for an alterative route between the Indiana and Illinois border, one that does not detour large trucks and commercial and passenger vehicles through our local communities, creating a deluge of traffic and congestion from drivers unfamiliar with local roads and forced off the expressway without a clear direction of how to find their way back on route.

As Realtors, we sell Indiana every day. However it will become increasing difficult to sell a congested area. This failing infrastructure must be addressed.

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