Illiana Expressway impacts spotlighted

The bi-state Illiana Corridor Planning Group has released its most detailed look yet at land impacts, job creation and tolling for the 47-mile Illiana Expressway.

Building the road could create 14,210 jobs, impact 3,094 acres of farmland, and slightly reduce some air pollution, according to the Tier II Draft Environmental Impact Statement released by the group on Friday…Please click here to read Keith Benmman’s story in the Times.