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Illinois Tollway Internships Provide Opportunities for Students to Gain Real-World Work Experiences

The Illinois Tollway is building a pipeline of new engineers and transportation industry professionals through its internship program. “We are creating opportunities for our interns to gain real-world, on-the-job experience by applying their skills to ongoing programs, projects and initiatives,” said Illinois Tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse. “Illinois Tollway interns work side-by-side with some of the most knowledgeable professionals in the transportation industry, who serve...

Date Date 2023-06-26

ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards

Illinois Tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse joined project teams in accepting National Recognition Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies at the annual ACEE Engineering Excellence Awards Gala on June 13 in Washington, D.C. Three Illinois...
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Date Date 2023-06-23

Illinois Tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse joins WTS Greater Chicago in celebrating scholarship award winners

As executive director of the Illinois Tollway, Cassaundra Rouse serves as an inspiration and valuable resource to other women in the transportation industry.  With that in mind, the WTS Greater Chicago Chapter invited Rouse to serve as a member of its advisory board...
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Date Date 2023-06-23

Illinois Tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse visits the virtual Café IBTTA

“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” This quote from Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Pat Riley inspires Illinois Tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse in her day-to-day responsibilities as executive director of the Illinois Tollway. She...
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Date Date 2023-06-23

Illinois Tollway worker honors veterans by tending their graves

Illinois Tollway roadway electrician Jon Cveticanin spends a lot of his free time walking through suburban cemeteries searching for the graves of military veterans. When he finds those graves, he doesn’t pay his respects to the fallen veterans with flowers, but with a...
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Date Date 2023-06-02

Illinois Tollway Dispatch training programs recognized for achieving top industry standards

The Illinois Tollway has been recognized as having one of the nation’s best training programs for public safety telecommunications dispatchers.   The Tollway is one of only six public safety agencies in Illinois to have its dispatch training program certified by the...
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Date Date 2023-05-31

Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Offer Kids Identification and Safety Seat Event June 3 in Glenview

The Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Troop 15 are working to keep children safe every trip, every time by hosting free Kids’ Identification and Safety Seat (K.I.S.S.) events in 2023 to inspect and correctly install child safety seats and provide free kids’ ID...
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Date Date 2023-05-30

Illinois Tollway Reminds Parents of Importance Of Child Safety Seats Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend Travel

With Memorial Day weekend and the summer travel season approaching, the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Troop 15 are urging parents to protect their children by checking safety seats to ensure they are correctly installed in their vehicles.This year, the...
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Date Date 2023-05-24

Illinois Tollway Talent Acquisition team searches near and far for great job candidates

The Illinois Tollway’s search for the most skilled, talented and qualified job candidates takes its talent acquisition staff to job fairs throughout Northern Illinois, from local hiring events to jobs fairs in the Rockford area, the South Side of Chicago and beyond.Illinois...
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Date Date 2023-05-19

CKL Engineers paves path to success with help from Illinois Tollway’s Partnering for Growth Program

In 2009, after a decade of working as a civil engineer, Mae Whiteside Williams decided to bet on herself and launch her own engineering firm out of her home in Chicago’s Roseland Heights neighborhood. “Some people will say ‘well, that’s ludicrous,’ but I just thought I...
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Date Date 2023-05-11

Area high school students get close-up look at Illinois Tollway construction sites

What’s the best way for high school students to find out if a career in the transportation industry is for them?  Put on hard hats and safety vests to get a close-up look at construction projects underway on the Illinois Tollway.“Giving students access to real-world...
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Date Date 2023-04-27

To mark Earth Day, Illinois Tollway highlights new maintenance sites designed to help protect local water quality

When the Illinois Tollway began building a new state-of-the-art maintenance facility in Hoffman Estates, it also built a new path for a small stream crossing the property as part of a sophisticated drainage system that will help protect local water quality. Engineers...
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Date Date 2023-04-24

Today, the Illinois Tollway recognizes Go Orange Day to show support for the men and women working on our roadways

Today, the Illinois Tollway recognizes Go Orange Day to show support for the men and women working on our roadways. We’re wearing orange for the maintenance workers, H.E.L.P. truck drivers, Illinois State Police troopers and construction workers who risk their lives every day...
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Date Date 2023-04-20

Aurora maintenance site holds on to Tollway’s Extra Mile for Safety Award for a second year

To train the Illinois Tollway’s Aurora (M-8) maintenance facility crew to safely and effectively do their jobs, M-8 Manager Brian Fuqua uses a tried-and-true technique he used when he was a high school football coach: circuit training. Just like athletes get conditioned...
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Date Date 2023-04-19

“You play a role in work zone safety” Illinois Tollway and other state agencies remind drivers during National Work Zone Awareness Week

Reminding drivers that they play a critical role in maintaining safe work zones, the Illinois Tollway is joining other safety and transportation agencies, industry partners and construction workers to mark National Work Zone Awareness Week  With roadway construction...
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Date Date 2023-04-18

Marking National Work Zone Awareness Week, Illinois Tollway reminds drivers to “work with us” to keep roads safe

As roadway construction shifts into high gear, the Illinois Tollway is urging drivers to slow down and take extra precautions in work zones to protect themselves, construction and roadway workers, and emergency responders they’re likely to encounter while traveling this year...
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Date Date 2023-04-17

Illinois Tollway Board Chairman Rivera highlights Tollway efforts to help small and diverse firms at Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce breakfast

Diversity, equity and inclusion remain a top priority for the Illinois Tollway under the leadership of new Tollway Board Chairman Arnie Rivera. Rivera reaffirmed the Tollway’s commitment to helping small and diverse businesses grow and succeed at a recent Illinois...
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Date Date 2023-04-14

Illinois Tollway recognizes Dispatch CAD team as its Emergency Communicators of the Year

Public safety dispatchers are often called the unsung heroes in headsets. They’re the calm voice in the dark. The thin gold line that connects the bold red and blue lines representing firefighters and police.  They are the first voice you hear when you call 911 for...
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Date Date 2023-04-12

Foundation Mechanics rise to new heights with help from Illinois Tollway diversity programs

When Jennifer Kelecius and a business partner launched Foundation Mechanics in 2011, they mostly did consulting work for another company, then began doing a variety of smaller construction and landscaping projects.The firm continued with only a handful of employees until 2016...
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Date Date 2023-04-05

No repairs needed: Illinois Tollway Carpenter Shop honored for perfect safety record in 2022

They paint walls, construct offices, lay carpeting and even repair broken door locks at 200 buildings and garages across the Illinois Tollway system.The 12 carpenters and 4 painters who staff the Tollway’s Carpenter Shop “do it all—whatever needs to be done,” said Chief...
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Date Date 2023-04-04
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