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Chicago: Brace for carpocalypse, circle interchange reconstruction coming

GasBuddy Blog -- Dear motorists in Chicago: brace yourself. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced yesterday the first step towards bringing us to the brink of an all out disaster- an initial study into the reconstruction of the Circle Interchange.

For motorists unaware of what the Circle Interchange is, it's one of the nation's busiest interchanges, bringing major highway arteries together, linking the suburbs to downtown Chicago. If you've driven near downtown Chicago, odds are you've driven on the pavement before.

The governor announced the massive $40-million study- yes $40 mills for a study- that would be initiated by a joint venture of AECOM and Transystems on everything that will need to be performed before any hard labor begins....

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Submitted Apr 24, 2012 By: PD

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shores4now Champion Author Kentucky Posts:2,396 Points:521,850 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:37:46 AM Ignore shores4now Report Abuse somebody got really rich off that deal
rippertoo Champion Author Tacoma Posts:5,740 Points:1,138,910 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:37:35 AM Ignore rippertoo Report Abuse Same answer as yesterday.
yeehaw1073 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,341 Points:1,847,275 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:37:32 AM Ignore yeehaw1073 Report Abuse Time to get the bike out...
CptnCanada Champion Author Saskatoon Posts:7,007 Points:914,975 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:36:56 AM Ignore CptnCanada Report Abuse 40 mil for the study..oops no money left for the work to be done
Lologogo Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:1,294 Points:352,390 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:36:02 AM Ignore Lologogo Report Abuse expensive study!
Dale Jr. Champion Author Illinois Posts:16,214 Points:3,234,125 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:35:09 AM Ignore Dale Jr. Report Abuse Pat Quinn is an idiot.
Tanner_1 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:1,536 Points:456,040 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:35:04 AM Ignore Tanner_1 Report Abuse IS this a repeat article from yesterday?
Sethyl Champion Author Miami Posts:1,738 Points:374,540 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:34:53 AM Ignore Sethyl Report Abuse If that's the cost for a study, think how much any construction costs would be.
dopster Champion Author Toledo Posts:7,257 Points:2,289,325 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:34:01 AM Ignore dopster Report Abuse Glad I don't live in Chicago.
RangerTrainer Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,443 Points:606,520 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:33:45 AM Ignore RangerTrainer Report Abuse We all have our construction issues.
Grismer Champion Author Kitchener-Waterloo Posts:8,519 Points:1,721,120 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:32:58 AM Ignore Grismer Report Abuse Gataxes will need to be increased to accomodate this upgrade, no doub.
Rancher23 Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:3,178 Points:656,420 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:31:46 AM Ignore Rancher23 Report Abuse Update your articles, seems like this was on yesterday!
dlemma Champion Author Wyoming Posts:4,091 Points:1,552,095 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:31:05 AM Ignore dlemma Report Abuse $40 million? No wonder Illinois has all its problems.
payogie Champion Author Atlanta Posts:1,047 Points:301,510 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:29:52 AM Ignore payogie Report Abuse And...
1958tomg Champion Author Kansas Posts:2,121 Points:542,415 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:29:48 AM Ignore 1958tomg Report Abuse yesterdays news
herndonks Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,116 Points:211,685 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:29:22 AM Ignore herndonks Report Abuse Glad I don't drive in Chicago very often
jkpsr Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,074 Points:1,100,930 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:29:15 AM Ignore jkpsr Report Abuse I wonder who is getting paid off.
truckpdlr Champion Author Tucson Posts:2,940 Points:1,093,290 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:28:35 AM Ignore truckpdlr Report Abuse Better them
twinfanMN Champion Author Minnesota Posts:1,616 Points:453,215 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:28:31 AM Ignore twinfanMN Report Abuse Sounds like something needs to be done. I'm not sure of the 40 million dollar study. That seems a little overflated
rick_evans Champion Author Boston Posts:3,709 Points:1,030,805 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:28:13 AM Ignore rick_evans Report Abuse hype-ocalypse
Chitowner Champion Author Omaha Posts:4,253 Points:1,128,965 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:27:28 AM Ignore Chitowner Report Abuse This from a state that is broke! There is no money for state pensions
vizilo Champion Author British Columbia Posts:5,729 Points:2,590,650 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:26:18 AM Ignore vizilo Report Abuse old news
colaguy Champion Author Columbia Posts:3,166 Points:1,006,150 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:25:30 AM Ignore colaguy Report Abuse sucks for them
putz247 Champion Author Ohio Posts:2,281 Points:511,180 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:25:22 AM Ignore putz247 Report Abuse hmmm
w4kh Champion Author Tennessee Posts:11,655 Points:2,226,065 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:25:07 AM Ignore w4kh Report Abuse When it takes $40 million to study a problem, the problem seems way overdue for a solution...
bluebird1 Champion Author Toronto Posts:15,720 Points:3,105,200 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:25:05 AM Ignore bluebird1 Report Abuse That much for a study ...really!!!!
AJeepLife All-Star Author Ottawa Posts:626 Points:330,010 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:22:37 AM Ignore AJeepLife Report Abuse finally a politicin willing to say, we need it. not upgraded for 40 years!! the price of maintenance and enhancements of capital infrastructure is a lot less over the usefull life than the small minded penny-pinching politiican who spend money on much more wasteful program that a project like this. All the posts that say 'glad I don;t live there' - look around you city and I bet you can find the same type of bottle-necks and barriers to good trafic management all over the place. Here in Ottawa- the politicians have 'studied' having an additional bridge to address transport/logging/steel trucks having to drive right through the downtown core- only to have the project deferred each time- SINCE 1955!!! stupid self interests being given priority over 'the right thing to do' At least this Governor is willing to pay the price for obviously overdue and under funded projects.
paoli8 Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:7,076 Points:1,817,970 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:22:10 AM Ignore paoli8 Report Abuse More government waste
olebufnav Champion Author Omaha Posts:3,960 Points:1,020,305 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:20:37 AM Ignore olebufnav Report Abuse Driving in Chicago is always a mess.
krobp46 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:2,694 Points:538,170 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:20:31 AM Ignore krobp46 Report Abuse what a waste of money
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,813 Points:1,195,965 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:20:17 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse ok, did obama get this rolling because he was 'the senator' from Illinois or is it just another one of his "re-elect me" campaign deals that he is trying to win votes with?
CTarp Champion Author Texas Posts:1,234 Points:605,380 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:19:31 AM Ignore CTarp Report Abuse What a mess
freedomsailor Champion Author Naples Posts:2,114 Points:407,745 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:16:44 AM Ignore freedomsailor Report Abuse Waste of time and money. I suspect that the Governor has a finger, no, two hands, in the pie.
bpj13 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,260 Points:871,525 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:16:19 AM Ignore bpj13 Report Abuse Ok
CDMAuto Champion Author Connecticut Posts:3,778 Points:750,990 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:15:54 AM Ignore CDMAuto Report Abuse Looks like a mess to me. give me $35 million and I will be glad to study this mess
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Somis1 Champion Author Ventura Posts:13,667 Points:2,611,850 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:15:09 AM Ignore Somis1 Report Abuse People will cope, they always do.
tobasco Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:7,346 Points:2,106,710 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:14:33 AM Ignore tobasco Report Abuse No new articles?
plbell627 Champion Author Dayton Posts:5,128 Points:1,199,355 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:13:44 AM Ignore plbell627 Report Abuse I livewd in Chicago in the 70's and gridlock was a problem and I can imagine it today. They must do something and why not try this.
bigLtowing Champion Author Columbus Posts:2,824 Points:589,640 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:13:26 AM Ignore bigLtowing Report Abuse ok
OCTAPA Veteran Author Toronto Posts:493 Points:480,315 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:13:24 AM Ignore OCTAPA Report Abuse And here, in Toronto they propose to reduce the speed limit to 40 km/h (25 mph) on main streets, and 30 (20 mph) on side roads... Crazy!!!
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Bicycle_Rider Champion Author Chicago Posts:13,964 Points:2,757,210 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:10:51 AM Ignore Bicycle_Rider Report Abuse So this is where they are spending the extra 3% tax they imposed on me this year.
mh44s Champion Author Madison Posts:4,374 Points:1,687,040 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:10:46 AM Ignore mh44s Report Abuse Usually quicker to drive around Chicago than drive through it.
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roundtrip100 Champion Author Fort Wayne Posts:1,993 Points:394,025 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:09:19 AM Ignore roundtrip100 Report Abuse So why is the governor getting envolved with Chicago anyway?
scu227 Champion Author New Haven Posts:4,135 Points:768,955 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:08:19 AM Ignore scu227 Report Abuse Just glad I don't live in Chicago
LuckyD43 Champion Author Long Island Posts:31,975 Points:2,165,145 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 9:08:15 AM Ignore LuckyD43 Report Abuse Yesterday's news. AGAIN!!!
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