All Systems Go: Federal Agencies Sign Off on Elgin-O'Hare Western Access Project
More than five years in the making, Tollway's $3.4 billion project can now begin.
Federal Highway Administration and Federal Aviation Administration issued a record of decision last week approving the plan for the Elgin-O’Hare western access project. After five years of planning by the Illinois Department of Transportation and, at times, heated debate with the affected neighboring communities, the final pieces are now in place to begin construction of the new roadway on the western border of O'Hare Airport. The all-electronic tollway will link the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294). The Elgin O'Hare Expressway will be extended east along Thorndale Avenue to O'Hare, and the existing Elgin O'Hare Expressway will be widened and rehabilitated. The approval was the last step in the federal…
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