Will County News

By Ann Baskerville March 26, 2014 Virginia Hamann--whose home and farm lie in the most recently mapped route of the proposed Illiana Expressway B3 corridor-- received a registered letter this weekend from a real estate appraisal company contracted by the Illinois Department of Transportation.  The letter asked Hamann to call the company if she would like the company to come out and complete an appraisal on her land.  Hamann promptly contacted the company on Monday to state no appraisal company would be allowed on her land without a court order.   Hamann, a member of No Illiana 4 Us, stated she has received anxiety-ridden emails from other landowners in the B3's proposed path.  One landowner described herself as "nearing a nervous breakdown" due to the uncertainty regarding if, when, and how her land will be taken.   Virginia Hamann of No Illiana 4 Us responds to emails from landowners in the Illiana Expressway B3's path While the letter Hamann received

Landowners in the B3 Illiana Expressway Corridor meet with land acquisition representatives at the Tier Two Illiana Expressway Public Meeting and Hearing in Wilmington, Illinois, February 2014 Poster about possible road closures due to the Illiana Expressway Videos of citizens who spoke at the public hearing on the Tier Two Environmental Impact Statement for the Illiana Expressway: Part One: Part Two: Part Three: Part Four: Part Five: Part Six: Part Seven: Part Eight: Part Nine: Part Ten: Part Eleven: Part Twelve: Part Thirteen: Part Fourteen" Part Fifteen: Part Sixteen: Part Seventeen: Part Eighteen: Part Nineteen: Part Twenty: Part Twenty-One: Part Twenty-Two: Part Twenty-Three: Part Twenty-Four: Part Twenty-Five: Part Twenty-Six: <