Illiana Expressway plans thrown out

The Federal Highway Administration has dropped its appeal of a federal judge’s June ruling that essentially sent four years of planning for the proposed Illiana Expressway back to square one.

Along with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s seeming indifference to the road, the action means any possible construction is at least a half decade away…Please click here to read Keith Benman’s story in the Times. A related story here in Crain’s Chicago Business.