IL Tollway 2017 Budget: “Flush with Higher Truck Tolls, New Driver Toll Points”

Chicago Sun-Times reports, “Illinois truckers next year will face their third toll increase since 2014 and drivers will see seven new ramps with tolling points on the Jane Addams tollway under a tentative Illinois Tollway budget unveiled Wednesday. Toll revenues and toll evasion recovery income is expected to increase by 6 percent next year, to $1.37 billion, as the Illinois Tollway kicks off the sixth year of a 15-year capital construction program.”