Illinois Wants to Say Goodbye to Tollways.

• Position: Brief Article

Tollways would be converted into freeways over two decades, but tolls would increase in the short term under a reform package that the Illinois governor unveiled. The first tollbooth would be razed within a year or so, and the plan culminates in eliminating the entire toll system, which probably would be folded into the Illinois Transportation Department. The proposal touches on many aspects of the contentious tollway reform debate, including the restructuring of the tollway's huge debt burden. Such a move would free the agency to pursue reforms, but state legislators have been reluctant to approve...