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Letter to editor: Illiana lawsuit ‘awesome’
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the recent lawsuit filed by the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Openlands and Sierra Club against the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Director of Transportation Ann Schneider, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Board and the Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee. This is an AWESOME action. As a […]
A quick look at Wednesday’s Illiana hearing
by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com Feb. 21, 2014 Approximately 300 persons attended Wednesday’s public hearing on the proposed Illiana Tollway, which would link Interstate 55 near Wilmington with Interstate 65 near Lowell, Ind. It would run in Illinois near the Will-Kankakee county border. The Illinois Department of Transportation event at the International Union of Operating Engineers […]
Grassroot group cheers one Illiana vote, braces for another
Members of a bi-state grassroots group opposed to the proposed toll way between Wilmington, Illinois and Crown Point, Indiana are applauding the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning‘s vote against funding the project. CMAP’s 10-4 vote to exclude the Illiana Tollway from its Go To 2040 long-range transportation plan “is a huge step in our favor,” […]
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