FHA seeks public comments on Illiana Expressway

A 30-day public comment period has opened on the final environmental impact statement for the Illiana Expressway in advance of a final federal decision on the project.

The voluminous study is available online at the Illiana Corridor Web site as well at local libraries.

The Federal Highway Administration must consider any additional comments submitted by the public before a final record of decision can be issued on the planned 50-mile expressway stretching from Interstate 65 in Indiana to Interstate 55 in Illinois…Please click here to read  Keith Benman’s story in the Times, or here to read a related story in the Southtown Star by Mike Nolan, Steve Metsch and Carrie Napoleon. Click here to view the Final EIS