Will County News

The Illiana Expressway planners met this week in Peotone, identifying two options to continue forward:  Building the expressway designed to link Interstate 55 in Illinois with Interstate 65 in Indiana along a route running roughly from Wilmington to Peotone Or, consider a no action. The final Tier 1 Corridor Planning Group/Technical Task Force meeting was held Oct. 9, 2012 at the Will County Atrium. A graphic presentation of the comparison by the Illiana Planning Team between routes is posted. Go here--- http://illianacorridor.org/get_involved/cpg_ttf.aspx  for a full report.  Interactive Map of the B3 Corridor---- HERE . According to the website, a formal announcement will be made in November or December of the preferred actions.          The presentation by the study committee calls Corridor B3 best for:        • Attracting cars and trucks to the Illiana        • Reducing E-W regional travel hours        • Reducing trucks on Study Area local roads        • S

Elwood, Illinois During a march and rally in support of warehouse workers who are on strike for unfair labor practices, several members of the clergy were arrested for blocking the road.   The clergy sat and formed a line in front of WalMart's giant warehouse.  The Elwood police gave several warnings that people needed to be out of the street.  The people sitting in the road were arrested by officers from the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System after those officers also gave a warning.  According to its website , the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, " was formed in 2002  in response to the September 11th attacks as a joint venture of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.  We were created to meet the needs of local law enforcement throughout the State of Illinois in matters of mutual aid, emergency response and the combining of resources for public safety and terrorism prevention