🚀 go-pugleaf

I agree with the NW tollway situation.  THey did some sort of work on it
back in 2000.  I called their spokesperson to bitch when I saw it was
due for construction again.  I complained they do it "every year".  She
said, "Well we didn't do it last year.  What we need is to build a new
road."  I guess in a way she is right, but come on, this is ridiculous.
I do'nt even take that road often, but I take the OB Kennedy in the
morning, several months ago the travel time was around 30 mins to the
airport, now your lucky if you could from downtown to Montrose in that
time.  The travel time is well over an hour, all because of a lane
closed by the tollbooth, and I guarantee you they aren't doing
anything.  There is no reason to close an entire road to work on a small
patch.

I say we revolt!  STart throwing our trash into construciton sites, and
yelling at the workers, and calling and complaining.  Especially that
damn Tollway authority.  They want to raise tolls, yet pull crap like
this.  They have done nothing but mismanage money and build palaces for
themselves to sit their fat asses in.
I'll be damned if I pay any tolls, especially on the NW tollway while it
is under construction.


Margaret T Earl {QA1399} wrote:
> 
> In article <_siy8.58999$CH.9808@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>,
> DBT, Inc. <dbtinc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >The problem isn't the need to fix the roads (they need it) - it's just that
> >they are all being repaired simultaneously or over a two year interval
> >thanks to Gov Ryan's Build Illinois Program. Let this be a lesson. Fix the
> >stuff smoothly over time...
> 
> *snort*
> 
> To me there are some pieces which shouldn't have been torn up in the first
> place.  I'm thinking of the piece of I-90 from 53 to Roselle Rd at least.
> They put in a new ramp, new exit lane, and moved the toll plaze just last year
> didn't they?  It was just fine!  Now they've gone and torn it up and the
> patches they've put in are lousy!
> 
> To me, they're just making up busy work in order to show that they need to
> raise the tolls to 75 cents.
> 
> I also thought asphalt roads are supposed to last 20 years - not one year.
> I think we need more honest contractors and less cronyism.
> 
> >> What would be your solution to the gridlock caused by maintenance and
> >> construction of roads during non-frozen months?
> >
> 
> I think they should not charge toll money for when the toll roads are
> all torn up - like that'll happen.  It's bad enough the traffic backs up to
> infinity for the tolls to begin with.
> 
> Peg