CMAP vote drives Illiana forward

A key committee at Chicago’s Metropolitan Agency for Planning on Thursday gave the Illiana Expressway an important bump forward as controversy over the project continues to build.

The agency’s policy committee voted 12 to 6 to renew the agency’s GO TO 2040 plan, which includes the Illiana Expressway as a major project.

The vote should allow the Illinois Department of Transportation to move ahead with seeking private investors for the project. Please click here to read Keith Benman’s story in the Times,  here for a related story in the Southtown Star or here for the Tribune’s article.