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Illiana Tollway Protest
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Opponents of the Peotone Airport and the Illiana Expressway met to protest plans for the Illiana Expressway, calling it "Illiana Neosprawl". In October 2012, the Illiana Planning Team announced corridor "B3" and a "No Build" option would continue forward for further study. The B3 corridor travels from near Lowell, Indiana to Wilmington, Illinois and passes through a mapped "South Suburban Airport". The protest took place outside State Senator Toi Hutchinson's office in Olympia Fields. Hutchinson introduced legislation allowing for quick take eminent domain for a public-private Illiana Expressway.
Protest Against the Peotone Airport and the Illiana Expressway
Symerton landowner whose farm would be affected by the Illiana B3
Anthony Rayson of STAND then gave a statement condemning the proposed Illiana as an engine of sprawl in Southern and Eastern Will County:
Beautiful fall colors are on display at Gerdes Grove and the Laughton Preserve in Wilton Center, Illinois. The preserves are part of the Will County Forest Preserve District. Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois Gerdes Grove, Wilton Center, Illinois According to the Forest Preserve District of Will County's website : " Laughton Preserve began with the District's acquisition of an 8-acre parcel from the Gerdes family, and has grown to 430 acres from extensive acquisitions in the 1990s and in 2006. The preserve contains approximately 2 miles of Forked Creek and has been left largely undisturbed, as it protects a remnant of the historic Twelve Mile Grove (a prairie grove 12 miles along the road from Joliet to Danville), portions of the 1832 Ce-Na-Ge-Wine and Joseph Laughton Reservations, and the historic Wallingford Settlement in Wilton ...
For results in the April 1, 2025 election in Lockport, Illinois, go to the Will County Clerk's page here and scroll down to the Lockport section. Remember that election night results are unofficial and will not include all mailed and provisional ballots.
The Gotion Battery plant in Manteno, Illinois played a role in the Village's April 1, 2025 election. Several candidates opposed to the lithium battery plant under construction at the old Kmart warehouse in Manteno ran for elected office as part of the Freedom Party. According to unofficial results from the Kankakee County Clerk, the Freedom Party candidates are leading for the offices of Village President and Village Clerk, although there are many outstanding mail ballots and all results are unofficial until the County Clerk counts all mailed and provisional ballots.
