Will County News

The Illiana Corridor team will be hosting an Open House at the Local 150 Training Facility on Wednesday, March 21 from 5PM to 8PM. There will also be a question and answer session. The Local 150 Training Facility is located at 19800 Arsenal Road.   The Illiana Corridor Planning Group recently released their preliminary recommendation for the Illiana Route--B3-- which runs north of Wilmington. Map of the Illiana Corridor B3 Route through Wilmington, Illinois Here is the impact study on the Illiana that the City of Wilmington paid a consulting firm to produce. More on the Illiana Corridor B3 Route .

UPDATE 2: April 2013 Public Meetings on Tier Two of the Illiana Corridor Study UPDATE: The Illiana Corridor Planning Team has proposed two additional corridors alternatives,one of which passes just south of Manhattan, Monee, and University Park, Illinois.  This A3S2 alignment, below in red, also passes north of Elwood, Illinois and Beecher, Illinois.  There is a public meeting regarding which alignment will be chose on JULY 31, 2012 at Peotone High School : View Recommended Corridors A3S2, B3, B4 Interactive Map in a larger map These 2 new corridors, along with the originally recommended B3, above in green, will be studied by the planning team.  The public may submit comments to the Illiana Planning Team here . The first public meeting in Illinois on the Illiana Corridor since Route B3 was advanced as the preliminary recommendation was held tonight, February 23, 2012. Representatives from the Illinois Department of Transportion, the Indiana Department of Transportation,

UPDATE: The next public meetings on the Illiana Expressway are: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Peotone High School                       605 West North Street                    Peotone, IL 60468 A public hearing will be held in Indiana the next day: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Lowell Middle School  19250 Cline Ave.  Lowell, IN 46356 More info here There will be a public meeting tomorrow on the Illiana Expressway. Meeting info:   ILLINOIS: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Matteson Hotel and Conference Center (Holiday Inn) 500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson, IL 60443  The Illiana Corridor Planning Group has released a preliminary recommendation for the proposed route for the Illiana Expressway. The Route--referred to as "B3" in Illiana Corridor Planning Documents---runs from Indiana's Interstate 65 between Cedar Lake and Lowell to I-55 in Illinois between the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and Wilmington.  Illiana corridor

UPDATE 2: April 2013 Public Meetings on Tier Two of the Illiana Corridor Study July 2012 Update: Next Illiana Public meeting is July 31, 2012 at Peotone High School, more info here . UPDATE: The Illiana Corridor Planning Team has proposed two additional corridors alternatives,one of which passes just south of Manhattan, Monee, and University Park, Illinois.  This A3S2 alignment, below in red, also passes north of Elwood, Illinois and Beecher, Illinois: View Recommended Corridors A3S2, B3, B4 Interactive Map in a larger map These 2 new corridors, along with the originally recommended B3, above in green, will be studied by the planning team.  The public may submit comments to the Illiana Planning Team here . UPDATE: More detailed maps of B3  The Illiana Corridor Planning Group has released a preliminary recommendation for the proposed route for the Illiana Expressway. The Route--referred to as "B3" in Illiana Corridor Planning Documents---runs from Indiana'

Demolition of the Wilmington Train Depot began today, February 7th, 2012: The historic Wilmington, Illinois train depot being demolished. February 7, 2012. The historic Wilmington, Illinois train depot being demolished. February 7, 2012. The historic Wilmington, Illinois train depot being demolished. February 7, 2012. Video of the Wilmington Train Depot being demolished:

The Silver Cross Replacement Hospital at Route 6 and I-355 in New Lenox will open at 7:00 a.m. on February 26, 2012.  Here is a video of the New Silver Cross Hospital from Route 6 and I-355 South: The new, 289 bed facility is replacing the current Silver Cross Hospital on Route 6 and Walnut Street in Joliet.  The emergency room facility at Joliet’s Silver Cross Hospital will be turned into a 60,000 square foot outpatient mega-clinic for area veterans after the Silver Cross move to the replacement hospital in New Lenox.   At an August 2011 announcement of the mega-clinic, Congressman Adam Kinzinger stated : "“Today's news of the mega-clinic for veterans in Joliet's Silver Cross Hospital is truly outstanding,” said Kinzinger.  “This new facility will go a long way toward providing access to health care services to veterans in the Joliet and Will County region of Illinois.  As a veteran and Air National Guard pilot, I believe we must ensure our men and women receive qual