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."
2021 FOIA Requests
| Requester | Organization | Date | Subject | ||
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21-0065 | Jim Zarnick | JZ Investigations | 4/12/2021 | Engineering Records | Request¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ | |
21-0064 | Lorenzo Bottello | Jacob & Hefner Associates, Inc. | 4/12/2021 | Planning Records | Request | |
21-0063 | Delaney Franklin | ASM Consultants, Inc. | 4/9/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0062 | Kerry Van Allen | Geo-Enviro Consultants, Inc. | 4/8/2021 | Planning Records | Request | |
21-0061 | Jim Zarnick | JZ Investigations | 4/6/2021 | Engineering Records | Request | Response |
21-0060 | Andre Santos | Traffic Control Corporation | 4/5/2021 | Engineering Records | Request | Response |
21-0059 | John La | Individual | 4/5/2021 | Planning Records | Request | |
21-0058 | Edward R. Gower | Individual | 4/1/2021 | Planning Records | Request | |
21-0057 | Patrick R. Boland | Momkis LLP | 3/31/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0056 | Michael Salazar | Individual | 3/31/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0055 | Star Mitchell | Individual | 3/29/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0054 | Keith Allen | Mandell Menkes LLC | 3/26/2021 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
21-0053 | Keith Allen | Mandell Menkes LLC | 3/26/2021 | FOIA Records | Request | Response |
21-0052 | Thomas Haley | Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting | 3/25/2021 | Engineering Records | Request | Response |
21-0051 | Elaine Moore | Individual | 3/24/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0050 | Robert Jones | Contractors Adjustment Company | 3/22/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0049 | Robert Jones | Contractors Adjustment Company | 3/22/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0048 | Robert Jones | Contractors Adjustment Company | 3/22/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0047 | Product Analyst Team | Public Contractors | 3/19/2021 | Administration Records | Request | |
21-0046 | Lydia Smith | Individual | 3/19/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0045 | Spencer D. Griffin | Orleans Canty Novy, LLC | 3/19/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0044 | Spencer D. Griffin | Orleans Canty Novy, LLC | 3/12/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0043 | Joseph P. Berglund | Law Offices of Joseph P. Berglund | 3/11/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0042 | Joseph P. Berglund | Law Offices of Joseph P. Berglund | 3/11/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0041 | Joel Clausing | Acuity Insurance | 3/4/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0040 | Branson Starns | Olsson | 3/4/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0039 | Frank J. Olavarria | Law Offices of Frank J. Olavarria, P.C. | 3/4/2021 | Engineering Records | Request | Response |
21-0038 | Amanda Shaver | Manhard Consulting | 3/4/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0037 | Aaron Peterson | LIN Engineering | 3/3/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0036 | Edward R. Gower | Individual | 3/2/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0035 | Edward R. Gower | Individual | 3/2/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0034 | Frank J. Olavarria | Law Offices of Frank J. Olavarria, P.C. | 3/1/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0033 | Kori Banzanos | Banzanos Law P.C. | 3/1/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0032 | Amanda Shaver | Manhard Consulting | 2/25/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0031 | Aaron Peterson | LIN Engineering | 2/24/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0030 | Ron Burton | Benchmark Construction | 2/23/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0029 | Spencer D. Griffin | Orleans Canty Novy, LLC | 2/22/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0028 | Deborah Wilson | Individual | 2/19/2021 | Business System Records | Request | Response |
21-0026 | Deborah Wilson | Individual | 2/8/2021 | Business System Records | Request | Response |
21-0025 | Alex Abraham | Individual | 2/16/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0024 | Joseph Baratta | Rock Fusco & Connelley, LLC | 2/5/2021 | Finance Records | Request | Response |
21-0023 | Andy Warcaba | Andrew J. Warcaba & Associates, Inc. | 2/4/2021 | Finance Records | Request | |
21-0022 | Christine King-Ries | Smith Amundsen, LLC | 2/2/2021 | Engineering Records | Request | Response |
21-0021 | Zoe Yalcin | SmartProcure | 2/1/2021 | Procurement Records | Request | Response |
21-0014 | Becky Wright | Herlihy Mid-Continent Company | 1/27/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0013 | Jason B. Wagener | Kennedy & Associates, P. C. | 1/27/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0012 | Justin Frey | Progressive | 1/27/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0011 | John Yanny | Alliance One Inc. | 1/25/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0010 | Becky Wright | Herlihy Mid-Continent Company | 1/19/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0009 | Rosanne Noguez | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | 1/15/2021 | Engineering Records | Request | Response |
21-0008 | Bryan Hacker | LUNA Local 68 | 1/19/2021 | Payroll Records | Request | Response |
21-0007 | Bernard J. Bauer | HR Green | 1/19/2021 | Planning Records | Request | Response |
21-0005 | Malcolm Rogers | Rogers Moving Service | 1/11/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0004 | Nicholas E. Whitten | Whitten Law Office | 1/12/2021 | Incident Records | Request | Response |
21-0003 | Gerardo Mendez | Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting | 1/7/2021 | Contract Records | Request | Response |
21-0002 | Christopher Louis Allessi II | Individual | 1/7/2021 | Business Systems Records | Request | Response |
21-0001 | Nicholas Renne | Individual | 1/5/2021 | Fleet Records | Request | Response |