Illinois Tollway Overview

Kristi Lafleur, Executive Director Paul Kovacs, Chief Engineer Illinois Tollway National Open House – August 20, 2013 Sustainable Infrastructure

 Sustainability means more than using green materials  Sustainability means considering:  What you build  How you build it  How you maintain it

2 Overview: About the Illinois Tollway  286-mile system comprised of four tollways  Opened in 1958 as a bypass around Chicago to connect Indiana and Wisconsin  Carries more than 1.4 million vehicles per day  Largest open road tolling system in the nation  User-fee system – no state or federal gas tax dollars

3 Governor Pat Quinn’s Leadership Getting Illinois moving again through investments in transportation infrastructure  Move Illinois Program  15-year, $12 billion capital program  Create as many as 120,000 jobs  Illinois Jobs Now!  Six-year, $31 billion capital program supports as many as 439,000 construction jobs  Promotes collaboration among transportation and planning agencies

4 Move Illinois Program

TAKE CARE OF EXISTING SYSTEM NEEDS

JANE ADDAMS MEMORIAL TOLLWAY $2.2 billion

ELGIN O’HARE WESTERN ACCESS $3.4 billion

I-294/I-57 INTERCHANGE $719 million

ILLINOIS ROUTE 53/120 EXTENSION

ILLIANA EXPRESSWAY

5 Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Rebuilding and widening I-90 as a 21st century, state-of-the-art corridor linking Rockford to O'Hare International Airport  62 miles of roadway improvements  $2.2 billion budget includes $240 million to integrate transit in the corridor today, as well as future transit expansion plans

6 Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90)  Our challenge: address aging, congested roadway  Our opportunity: think big – consider innovative solutions with regional benefits  Identify “big picture” goals:  Save drivers up to 27 minutes on trip from Elgin to Kennedy Expressway  Accommodate as many as 30,000 more vehicles a day  Save drivers $440 million a year due to reduced congestion and delays  Create or sustain as many as 11,500 additional permanent jobs  Accommodate more than 15,000 trucks a day

7 Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Innovative Features  Unique corridor planning approach  Accommodate transit options  First smart corridor in Northern Illinois  New design elements for the Tollway  Green construction practices  Innovative pavement mix designs  Recycled materials

8 I-90 Corridor Planning and Vision

9 subject to change Implementing New Design Elements  “100-year” bridges  High-performance concrete decks  Stainless steel rebar  Jointless  120,000 pound load capacity to roads and bridges

10 Green Construction Initiatives

BMP Toolbox

• Bioswales/mechanical Mass balance • Pollutant removal Illinois Route 25 fen restoration • Reductions in velocity

Detention basins with Recycled materials Warm-mix asphalt infiltration systems

LED lighting Black rock concrete Utilizing Recycled Materials It starts from the bottom up  Existing aggregate subbases recycled  Subgrade undercuts eliminated

12 Innovative Pavement Designs To provide long-lasting, smooth surface to customers…  Life Cycle Assessment  2-Lift concrete pavement with asphalt shoulders  Incorporates various green initiatives

13 Illinois Route 47 Interchange  Unique partnerships  Full access interchange  All-electronic tolling  “Building Green”  Scheduled for completion in 2013

14 Building Green Components Reducing energy costs and providing environmental benefits

Reflective Roof Recycled Materials

Warm-Mix Asphalt

Vegetative Trellis

Geothermal Heat Pump Detention Basins with Infiltration Systems

15 Photos courtesy of Networx Systems (Reflective Roof ), greenscreen (Vegetative Trellis), NYSERDA (Geothermal Heat Pump) and Contech Engineered Solutions LLC (Detention Basins with Infiltration Systems). Impressive Statistics  Awarded $781.8 million for the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) so far  Awarded 27 professional services contracts totaling nearly $241 million  Awarded 30 construction contracts totaling $540 million  Awarded 20 unbundled contracts totaling $69 million  270 total contracted firms for I-90  89 total unique professional services firms  182 total unique construction firms  63 total firms NEW to the Tollway as part of I-90

16 Moving Forward  Sustainable PLANNING  Continue to collaborate with others for regional benefits  Integrate transit and other modes  Be flexible to get the most out of existing infrastructure  Sustainable IMPLEMENTATION  Keep applying “green” building innovations  Sustainable OPERATIONS  Deliver the first "smart corridor" in Northern Illinois

17 THANK YOU