Rauner spokesman: Illiana Expressway may have potential to be economic development engine

Environmental groups and Will County residents called on Illinois officials Wednesday to drop plans to build the Illiana Expressway.

At a Statehouse news conference, opponents of the 47-mile toll road connecting Interstate 55 in Wilmington and Interstate 65 near Lowell, said the roadway would become a financial and environmental “boondoggle” if plans continue to move forward…Please click here to read Kurt Erickson’s story in the Times.