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Extra Extra: Addams Tollway Construction Begins Mid-March

By Lisa White in News on Feb 27, 2015 11:35PM

  • Construction is set to begin mid-March on the project to rebuild and widen the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway between Elgin and the Tri-State Tollway. [Tribune]
  • Speaking of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, the Illinois Tollway is applying to participate in a federal pilot program to test smart car technology on the Addams Tollway. The program would allow vehicles to collect roadway and traffic information, then transmit the data to other wireless connected vehicles. [Chicago Inno]
  • Thanks to absentee ballots, Alderman Deb Mell may avoid a runoff. [Sun-Times]
  • WBEZ's Curious City takes a look at the rise in popularity of Casimir Pulaski Day. [WBEZ]
  • The Reader has discontinued their Reader Matches, which included the somewhat entertaining "I Saw You" missed connection section. [Reader]

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