$100 million Touhy Avenue improvement project breaks ground in Des Plaines (original) (raw)

A 100millionprojecttofullyreconstructTouhyAvenuebetweenElmhurstRoadandMountProspectRoadandexpandaccessfortravelers,includingtotheI−490tollway,brokegroundThursdayinDesPlaines.Atnearly100 million project to fully reconstruct Touhy Avenue between Elmhurst Road and Mount Prospect Road and expand access for travelers, including to the I-490 tollway, broke ground Thursday in Des Plaines. At nearly 100millionprojecttofullyreconstructTouhyAvenuebetweenElmhurstRoadandMountProspectRoadandexpandaccessfortravelers,includingtotheI−490tollway,brokegroundThursdayinDesPlaines.Atnearly100 million, it is the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways’ largest project to date,...read full story

"Transportation investment should support our region’s economic competitiveness and maintain our position as the freight capital of the nation,"