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Illinois Tollway Invites Public to Comment on Tentative 2023 Budget

Balanced spending plan allocates more than $1.55 billion in annual revenue and supports more than $1.47 billion for capital program.The Illinois Tollway introduced a balanced Tentative 2023 Budget with $1.55 billion of revenue today that includes $426.5 million for annual maintenance and operations on the 294-mile system and provides funds to support $1.47 billion in capital spending, including funding for the 12th year of the agency’s 15-year, $14 billion capital program, Move Illinois:...

Date Date 2022-10-21

ASCE Illinois awards Outstanding Achievement Award to BNSF Railway Bridge Project

The reconstruction of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Bridge faced numerous challenges.  It’s one of the busiest railway bridges in the region. It crosses one of the busiest sections of interstate highway in Northern Illinois. And its surrounded on...
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Date Date 2022-10-18

Illinois Tollway Spotlights New Interchange, Diversity and Procurement Efforts at ACEC Illinois Fall Conference

Illinois Tollway projects and initiatives are playing in Peoria!  About 300 transportation engineers came down to the River City for the annual fall conference hosted by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois to hear updates on the latest...
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Date Date 2022-10-07

Kids Identification and Safety Seat events conclude for the summer but set to return in 2023

The final Kids Identification and Safety Seat (K.I.S.S.) event of the year drew parents and their children to Itasca in September, wrapping up the Operation Kid 2022 safety program hosted by the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police.But the Tollway and Illinois State...
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Date Date 2022-10-07

New Southbound Mile Long Bridge Scheduled to Open to Traffic Next Week on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294)

The Illinois Tollway is preparing to open the new southbound Mile Long Bridge to traffic next week, completing the second phase of the $500 million construction project to deliver the new twin-structure bridge as part of the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294)...
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Date Date 2022-10-05

Excavating firm digs into roadway projects with help from Illinois Tollway Technical Assistance Program

Looking for a new career path while working for a large consulting firm, Deepi Ahuja saw an opportunity to take a different road that led her back to her roots in the construction industry.Already an engineer, Ahuja—whose family has owned a construction company for...
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Date Date 2022-10-03

Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Hosting Kids Identification and Safety Seat Event in Itasca as Part of Operation Kid 2022

Wrapping up Operation Kid 2022, the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police District 15 are hosting a final Kids Identification and Safety Seat (K.I.S.S.) event on Saturday, September 24, at the Itasca Fire Protection District in Itasca.The K.I.S.S. event coincides with...
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Date Date 2022-09-19

New I-294/I-57 Interchange steering more development, jobs to Chicago Southland

The final segment of the new I-294/I-57 Interchange has yet to open but it’s already helped steer millions of square feet of new commercial development to the Chicago Southland communities around it, which in turn have generated thousands of new jobs in the region. New...
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Date Date 2022-09-06

Illinois Tollway Prepared for Labor Day Holiday Weekend Travel

The Illinois Tollway is encouraging drivers traveling over the Labor Day holiday weekend to slow down, be courteous to other motorists and make safety their No. 1 priority when they take to the road so they can safely reach their destinations.Nearly 7.7 million vehicles are...
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Date Date 2022-09-02

Work pours in after concrete cutting firm joins Illinois Tollway’s Technical Assistance Program

When he started Allstate Concrete Cutting more than 10 years ago, Mike Seay operated out of a cramped, 3,500-square-foot shop and relied on a workforce of about 8 employees, who primarily removed old concrete from roads and bridges so they could be rebuilt or replaced.This...
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Date Date 2022-09-02

Illinois Tollway Finds a Place at Rail Industry Conference

The Illinois Tollway typically stays in its lane when talking about ongoing construction projects. But the opportunity to do a joint presentation with two of the nation’s largest railroads at one of the biggest rail industry conferences was just the ticket to spotlight...
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Date Date 2022-09-01

APWA Awards its Technical Innovation Award to Illinois Tollway

The Illinois Tollway’s Roadway Maintenance team received the American Public Works Association 2022 Technical Innovation Award in August for its TIMS2GO Mobile Incident Response Tool. TIMS2GO was highlighted among this year’s APWA Award winners in the August issue of the...
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Date Date 2022-08-29

Braving Intense Flames, Tollway Maintenance Worker Rescues Woman from Burning Vehicle

When Illinois Tollway road worker Keith Olson reached the crash on the Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355), he faced a chaotic scene that included an SUV flipped on its side and a crumpled convertible with flames six feet high shooting from its hood. A third heavily damaged...
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Date Date 2022-08-25

Illinois Tollway Shares Experience Building a Successful Mentorship Program with American Contract Compliance Association Members

The Illinois Tollway welcomed an invitation from the American Contract Compliance Association (ACCA) to showcase its Partnering For Growth Program at this year’s National Training Institute in North Carolina.  ACCA is committed to empowering professionals in their...
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Date Date 2022-08-24

Illinois State Police District 15 Rises to the Traffic Safety Challenge

The Traffic Safety Challenge is a friendly competition among Illinois law enforcement agencies to annually highlight the great work they’re doing in their communities to successfully identify traffic issues and implement strategies to reduce crashes and related deaths and...
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Date Date 2022-08-22

Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Hosing Kids Identification and Safety Seat Event in Oak Lawn as Part of Operation Kid 2022

Continuing Operation Kid 2022, the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police District 15 are hosting a Kids Identification and Safety Seat (K.I.S.S.) event on Saturday, August 27, at the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn. The Tollway and District 15 have worked together to...
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Date Date 2022-08-22

Native-American owned management firm says Aloha to Illinois, joins Tollway’s Partnering for Growth Program

On the surface, there may not be a lot of similarities between Hawaii and Illinois. But when QRSE LLC was looking for opportunities to expand its engineering business beyond the Hawaiian Islands, it chose to open an office 4,000-some miles away in the Land of Lincoln....
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Date Date 2022-08-08

Interim Executive Director Lanyea Griffin Details Unique Features of Tollway Projects to Engineering Group

It’s been said that engineering is the art and science of nuts and bolts.   So, it was with great interest that a group from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Illinois Section, welcomed Illinois Tollway Interim Executive Director Lanyea Griffin to dig into...
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Date Date 2022-07-28

Illinois Tollway Diversity Advisory Council discusses ongoing diversity initiatives and their positive regional impacts

Illinois Tollway leadership gathered recently with members of its Diversity Advisory Council over breakfast to discuss ongoing diversity initiatives and the positive impact they’re having for small, diverse and veteran-owned firms throughout the region.  Tollway...
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Date Date 2022-07-26

Illinois Tollway Hosts IDOT and Law Enforcement Agencies to Remind Drivers to Slow Down

Excessive speeding remains a serious issue on Illinois roadways and across the country. That’s why the Illinois Tollway joined with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and other state law enforcement agencies to promote Speed Awareness...
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Date Date 2022-07-25
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