Illinois Leaders Want Illiana Expressway Action In Land Of Lincoln

David Schwab of the Chicago Heights Star reports Illinois officials are pushing for action on the Illiana Expressway on the Illinois side of the border.

Crete officials are refueling their gas tanks in the drive for the long-proposed Illiana Expressway.

The expressway, which has been discussed in some form or another for a decade or so, would connect Interstates 57 in Illinois and 65 in Indiana, south of the I-80/94 corridor.

"We're trying to jumpstart this thing again," village administrator Thomas Durkin said.

The village is "reorganizing a group of individuals" from both the public and private sectors who may have an interest in the proposed roadway, he said.