IL Tollway OKs $1.7-Billion 2017 Budget

Tollway budget includes a capital program of $961.3 million, including $374.5 million for Illinois Route 390 Tollway construction and western access to O'Hare Airport

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The Illinois Tollway board passed a $1.7 billion 2017 budget on Thursday, which includes money for a project to create western access to O'Hare International Airport, despite ongoing opposition from a Canadian railroad.

The Tollway plans to spend $374.5 million next year to continue construction of the Illinois Route 390 Tollway and to plan for the north-south I-490 Tollway. The toll roads would connect and provide western access to the airport.

Completing the projects requires the Tollway to build over Canadian Pacific Railway tracks on the airport's western edge, which the railroad has refused to allow.

The Tollway budget includes a capital program of $961.3 million, $405 million for debt service and $336 million for maintenance and operations. The budget is funded by bond proceeds, used for the capital program, plus $1.38 billion in revenues.

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