Illiana Expressway Foe Fears Violence If Toll Road Is Approved

Illiana Expressway opponent Rosemary Gard of Crown Point fears conflict could occur if the proposed toll road from I-65 to I-57 is approved.

From her letter to the Post-Tribune's editor:

We are supposed to be in a democracy; when the people say "no," it should mean something. ...

Those against the Illiana Expressway are in a war, one that I fear will end in conflict. Some will not leave their land. What are the powers going to do? Beat them? Drag them away? Shoot them? ...

I may well be one of the old ladies who won't budge. Perhaps I will chain myself to the porch of my son's home.

I hope that people keep cool heads no matter what happens with the proposed Illiana Expressway legislation.

It is inevitable that change will occur because new people continue to move into Northwest Indiana from Illinois, as well as a continual southward migration away from the urban core.

If the Illiana Expressway bill isn't approved, the highway supporters will have to live with the legislature's decision. The same thing will be true if the Illiana Expressway is approved.

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