(Source: Post-Tribune, May 1, 2017)
CHICAGO — Frank Patton’s plans for a tri-state freight line now include a privately funded toll road. Patton, the founder and managing partner of Great Lakes Basin Transportation, is proposing a privately funded toll road, the Daniel Burnham Expressway, which would start in Grundy County in Illinois and follow much of the route of the freight train line, ending in Michigan City and following, at least in Lake County, the route of the longstalled Illiana toll road.
Full story: Chicago Tribune