There’s bad news coming from south of the border for Western Kenosha County commuters who work in Lake County and other points south. The Illinois Tollway Authority is proposing a 35 cent increase at most toll stations as a way of funding a $12 billion capital plan. Here’s the whole plan. I don’t see a [...]
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It doesn’t take a lot of snow for roads to get slippery.
About 24 hours ago, from about 9 to 10:35 p.m., the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department and other police and fire agencies were living the statement that it doesn’t have to be a blizzard for conditions to get hairy when it snows. Here in Paddock Lake, I recorded only about an quarter of an inch of snow fall last night. [...]
Illinois highway named among nation’s most dangerous
View Larger Map Illinois Highway 173, a road used by many West of the I commuters, has been identified in a nationwide survey of highways as among the most dangerous, the News-Sun is reporting. The road had 30 fatal accidents during the period of the study, 1994-2008. Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said of Highway 173: “Without major [...]
Tollway bringing out new missed fee signage
If you take the tollway into work or play, expect to see some new signs along the way. To help educate drivers about unpaid tolls, this month the Illinois Tollway will launch new roadway signage campaign, piloting several styles of new information signs throughout the Tollway system. The launch of the new signage program is [...]
Your views: Interstate 94 widening
State Sen. Tim Carpenter wants to block the planned widening of Interstate 94 from Milwaukee to the state line, including through Kenosha County. Many West of the I folks drive that road every day to work or at other times to get to Milwaukee (or Illinois for a little bit anyway). What do you think [...]
Tollway has a deal for you
A lot of Western Kenosha County residents commute out of the county to work. Many of those people head south on the Tri-State Tollway. If you’re one of them, the Illinois Tollway Authority has news that might be of interest to you if you’ve ever — I’m sure completely on accident — been caught without [...]
