Who wrote these things? No bylines, switches to the first person voice in the final paragraph (copy/pasted from WWJ website apparently), really difficult to understand.
So CenterPoint wants to build NorthPoint with a bridge it financed with a private bridge builder? Without knowing for sure that NorthPoint will be built?
- Just Another Anon - Wednesday, Mar 10, 21 @ 10:23 am:
More importantly, is there a statutory mechanism for the County of Will to basically open a toll road? I know Will County isn’t home rule, so there must be one somewhere if the County is going to get toll revenue.
Op-ed: Joliet-area residents have good reason to oppose NorthPoint development
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Editorial: A Joliet project could jumpstart Illinois COVID recovery Why does the state say, no?
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Can’t the company find some mayor more interested in the warehouse? Why does it have to be Elwood?
- Andersonville Right Winger - Wednesday, Feb 3, 21 @ 10:08 am:
Hopefully State Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., who is from Elwood, has enough clout with the Governor’s office to stop this awful project
What Will co doesn’t need is 1000s more trucks jamming up the roads. Build three or four lane bridges over the Illinois river on I-55 and on I-80 over the Canal in Joliet before adding more truck traffic.
Hope fully this project development gets placed on the backs of the developers. These warehouses typically hire temporary workers who don’t live in the communities they are located in. They drain local tax money better spent on schools, police and fire pensions, and local infrastructure not related to self serving development. My dad was a die hard old school Republican and he would be spinning in his grave at the thought of businesses demanding, extorting, or begging for public