Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) opens government to all citizens by guaranteeing access to state records in whatever form they are maintained. The Illinois Tollway is dedicated to transparency and supports the State of Illinois' efforts to share information.
Requests can be made in person or in writing and hand delivered, sent by email or sent by U.S. Postal Service.
Before Submitting a FOIA Request
Review documents already available to the public before submitting a FOIA request. The Tollway provides immediate and/or online access to:
Tips for FOIA Requests
- Be as specific as you can in identifying the documents or information you are seeking.
- Find a list of records available for FOIA.
- The requestor will be informed of the status of the request within 5 working days.
- Some records and documents may be off-site. The Tollway will pass on any costs billed for these requests.
- Find a list of document reproduction fees that may be associated with a FOIA request.
List of Documents Available for FOIA
The following is a categorical list of the majority of the records maintained by the Tollway. This list is not all inclusive and there may be additional records kept by the Tollway which do not appropriately fall within these categories.
- Land parcel files including legal descriptions of all property, easements, rentals and leases encompassing and/or abutting the Illinois Tollway.
- Agreements between the Illinois Tollway and various contractors, consultants, public utilities, railroads, unions, etc.
- Closed litigation case files concerning the Illinois Tollway and others.
- Minutes and video of Illinois Tollway Board of Directors meetings (monthly and special).
- Annual Reports beginning with 1956 to the current issue stating the financial condition and giving factual data concerning administration, construction, maintenance and patrol of the road.
- Annual inspection reports by outside consulting firms on roadway and bridge conditions.
- Periodicals, reports and submittals from tollroads and freeways in other states (2 years accumulation).
- Reports of accidents occurring on the roadway, right-of-way and ramps of the Illinois Tollway generated by the Tollway.
- Utility and general permits for road crossings by water and sewer mains, telephone and electric cables and drainage culverts, etc.
- Engineering parcel files including plat maps of each Tollway parcel encompassing and/or abutting the Tollway.
- Strip maps of parcels showing property lines, right-of-way width, utility placements, easements, contour lines, drainage, etc.
- Engineering contract files for the design, construction and maintenance operations of the Tollway, including ramps, interchanges, toll plazas and service areas.
- Bridge inspection reports conducted by outside consultants on a revolving five-year basis.
- All contract drawings now microfilmed and on aperture cards. These include standard drawings, plaza drawings, structural, bridge and building drawings and cross sections.
- Annual budgets.
- Pay order records from all funds: maintenance, operations, revolving and general reserve.
- Procurement contracts with support documentation such as purchase orders, confirming releases, emergency purchases, requisitions and change notices.
- General correspondence.
- Financial documents including audited financial statements, investments, bond retirement, insurance policies and deposits data for all funds, and cremation certificates.
- Damage claims to Illinois Tollway property and patron claims, documentation and invoices.
- Customer charge account invoices for government, special and commercial charge plates.
- Permits for overweight and oversized vehicles on the road.
- Personnel records containing employee names, positions and salaries.
- Telecommunication contracts or agreements concerning microwave, CAD, multiplex, 800 MHZ, consoles and frequency sharing.
- FCC and FAA licenses, rules and regulations.
- Maintenance records including tollbooths.
- I-PASS account information. Note: Personally identifiable information generated through the Illinois Tollway's toll collection process is exempt from release under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. "Personally identifiable information" means any information that identifies or describes an electronic toll collection system user, including but not limited to, travel pattern data, address, telephone number, email address, license plate number, photograph, bank account information or credit card number.
How to Submit a FOIA Request
Requests can be made in person or in writing and hand delivered, sent by email or sent by U.S. Postal Service.
To:
Illinois Tollway
Attn: Freedom of Information Officer
2700 Ogden Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 241-6800
foia@getipass.com
Use the FOIA sample request (PDF) as a guide. Be sure the following information is included:
- The requestor's full name, address and phone number.
- A description of the Tollway records sought. Be as thorough as possible.
- Whether the request is for inspection of Tollway records, copies of Tollway records or both.
Note: All FOIA requests submitted to the Illinois Tollway and their responses are available by request below.
Your FOIA request should be as thorough as possible. FOIA provides that requests for public records should not be "unduly burdensome." If a burdensome request is made, the Tollway may extend a time period with which it will comply (as provided under subsection 3(d)(vi) of the Act).
The Act ( 5 ILCS 140(2)(c) ) defines public records as "all records, reports, forms, writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps, photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic data processing records, recorded information and all other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, having been prepared, or having been or being used, received, possessed or under the control of any public body."
2024 FOIA Requests - First Quarter
FOIA # | Requester | Organization | Date | Subject | ||
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24-0063 | Arianna Guzman | Individual | 3/15/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0062 | Lonnie Phillips | Individual | 3/15/2024 | IT Records | Request | |
24-0061 | Jacob D. Caudill | Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP | 3/14/2024 | Maintenance Records | Request | Response |
24-0060 | Paul DeYoung | Chicago Midwest Claims, Inc. | 3/14/2024 | Incident Records | Request | |
24-0059 | Traci Robertson | Nucor Rebar Fabrication | 3/14/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0058 | Thomas Pavik | LHB Corp. | 3/13/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0057 | John Fedun | Kiewit Corporation | 3/13/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0056 | Jaden Kleinke | Village of Pleasant Prairie | 3/11/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0055 | Savannah Kern | Petroleum Traders Corporation | 3/1/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | |
24-0054 | Cheryl Odette | ASM Consultants, Inc. | 3/7/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0053 | Greg Flowers | Mackie Consulting | 3/6/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0052 | Adam Merry | Manhard Consulting | 3/6/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0051 | Curtis J. Tarver, II | Illinois State Representative, 25th District | 3/6/2024 | HR Records | Request | |
24-0050 | Curtis J. Tarver, II | Illinois State Representative, 25th District | 3/6/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | |
24-0049 | Brian DeAngelo | Individual | 3/6/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0048 | Nicole Lechowicz | Manhard Consulting | 3/5/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0047 | Sheri Reid | SmartProcure | 3/4/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | |
24-0046 | Daniel Petrella | Chicago Tribune | 3/4/2024 | Legal Records | Request | |
24-0045 | Dan Milhalopoulos | WBEZ | 2/28/2024 | Legal Records | Request | Response |
24-0044 | Regina Houston | Allstate | 2/28/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0043 | Cheryl Odette | ASM Consultants, Inc. | 2/27/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0042 | Nick Klein | HBK Engineering, LLC | 2/26/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0041 | Thomas Jacobson | Litchfield Cavo, LLP | 2/23/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0040 | Nick Klein | HBK Engineering, LLC | 2/23/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0039 | Rachel Bussa | Gewalt Hamilton Associates, LLC | 2/22/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0038 | Juan Favela | Individual | 2/22/2024 | FOIA Records | Request | Response |
24-0037 | Craig Kinsey | Individual | 2/20/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0036 | Steve Chally | Jacob & Hefner Associates | 2/20/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0035 | Jim McKenzie | Farnsworth Group | 2/13/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0034 | Amy Kallio | Whitten Law Office | 2/13/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0033 | David Giuliani | Patch.com | 2/9/2024 | IT Records | Request | Response |
24-0032 | Diana Dudek | Individual | 2/9/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0031 | Joanna McCall | Cogency Global | 2/8/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0030 | Michaela Sanchez | Witherite Law Group | 2/8/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0029 | Ron Ross | Construct Connect | 2/6/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0028 | Michael Freidel | Mackie Consulting | 2/5/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0027 | Gerardo Mendez | Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting | 2/5/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0026 | Kelly Bever | Dynamic Safety, LLC | 2/2/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0025 | Kelly Bever | Dynamic Safety, LLC | 2/2/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0024 | Daniel Petrella | Chicago Tribune | 2/2/2024 | Legal Records | Request | Response |
24-0023 | Christina Clausen | Clausen Structures | 1/30/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0022 | Thomas Keenan | Walsh Group | 1/30/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0021 | Lonnie Phillips | Individual | 1/30/2024 | IT Records | Request | Response |
24-0020 | Yana Shnayder | Individual | 1/29/2024 | FOIA Records | Request | Response |
24-0019 | Nick Everson | Walsh Group | 1/26/2024 | FOIA Records | Request | Response |
24-0018 | Nick Everson | Walsh Group | 1/26/2024 | FOIA Records | Request | Response |
24-0017 | Jim McKenzie | Farnsworth Group | 1/25/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0016 | Molly Hudgens | SEIU Local 73 | 1/23/2024 | Administrative Records | Request | Response |
24-0015 | James Harshbarger | Ric Sampson, Inc. | 1/19/2024 | Engineering Records | Request | Response |
24-0014 | Scott Sheen | Scott W. Sheen & Associates, P.C. | 1/19/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0013 | Thomas Haley | Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting | 1/18/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0012 | Greg Flowers | Mackie Consulting | 1/17/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0011 | Anita Kinney | Individual | 1/16/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0010 | Kyler Juckins | Block, Klukas, Manzella & Shell, P.C. | 1/16/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0009 | Domenica DiGioia | Acura, Inc. | 1/12/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0008 | Lisa Johnson | Sheppard Mullin | 1/12/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0007 | Richard Stoudemire | Saalfield Shad, P.A. | 1/11/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
24-0006 | John Keating | Individual | 1/10/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0005 | Dan Petrella | Chicago Tribune | 1/3/2024 | Legal Records | Request | Response |
24-0004 | Vikrum Pannu | ARC Enterprises, Ltd. | 1/3/2024 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
24-0003 | PJ Radhawa | NBC Universal | 1/3/2024 | Business Systems Records | Request | Response |
24-0002 | David Fulghum | Individual | 1/2/2024 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
24-0001 | Alice Kilpatrick | FOIA Professional Services | 1/2/2024 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |