Category: Western Access O’Hare

The Road Ahead is Full of Promise

In 2015, work on the Western Access O’Hare project includes completion of roadway improvements on the western end of the new Illinois Route 390, formerly known as the Elgin O’Hare Expressway, between Lake Street (U.S. Route 20) and Rohlwing Road.

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Published by: Illinois Tollway The Elgin O’Hare Western Access (EOWA) Project has the potential to change the face of Illinois’ northwest suburbs, the Midwest region and beyond.
 Due to the overall magnitude of the project and potential to dramatically improve mobility, freight connectivity and enhance the national and regional economies, the EOWA Project is considered a Project of National and Regional Significance by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Continue reading →

Published by: Crain’s Chicago Business, Written by: Greg Hinz Plans for long-proposed western access to O’Hare International Airport got a fair-sized push today with the news that $69 million in federal money has been obtained for the extension of the Elgin-O’Hare tollway to the western edge of the airfield. Officials in DuPage County, which hopes to gain tons of new business investment from western access, announced that they obtained the funds from an air quality improvement program run by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, which administers certain federal funds. Continue reading →

Published by: Daily Herald, Written by: Justin Kmitch Gov. Pat Quinn and a host of dignitaries gathered Tuesday to officially kick off the massive 12-year, $3.4 billion Elgin-O’Hare Western Access Project. Quinn and others gathered at Park Road and Thorndale Avenue in Itasca to break ground on the lengthening and widening of the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway and construction of a new tollway that will ring the western edge of O’Hare International Airport. Continue reading →