On Friday, November 23, 2007 at 4:28:39 PM UTC-6, Stop-IL-TollwayRipoffs wrote:

On Nov 22, 9:51 pm, Rick Powell <[email protected]> wrote:

JG, you know the partial answer to that one in IL. With few
exceptions, the people and elected officials are mostly supportive of highway expansion projects in southern and western IL. They are
generally less supportive of such projects in NE IL (where the most congestion is), as most expansions or new routes are met with
neighborhood or other organized opposition (I can think of lots of
examples here, including the Crosstown,

That's because the NW side was to be plowed under again, a few years
after I-90/94 came through and I suspect that relocation benefits
weren't as full as they are today. And this was still a thriving
middle class area. Today, some parts, not so much.

And no one bemoaned the 5th lane added to the Ryan, which equals the
capacity addition of 1/16 of the Crosstown, approximately.

the Fox Valley Freeway, IL 22,

IL 53 (in several locations), I-290, I-355 extension, etc.

I haven't heard anyone bemoan a I-290 expansion project, or ANY of
ISTHA's 8 lane expansion projects in Cook, Dupage or Lake Co.. I-355
aadt's are still a state secret for the expansion.

After TWELVE years, some good news:

1. The 2 lane flyover ramp is fully open from I-90/94 (Dan Ryan) to I-290 (Ike).... Thanks Obama and ME.
2. Most of I-355 is now 3 or 4 lanes each way, full of traffic from Joliet area subdivisions.

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