About The I-80 Coalition
Statement of Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of the I-80 coalition is to accelerate the completion of the “I-80 Project” by the end of 2023. The coalition will accomplish its purpose by:
- Engaging a broad group of concerned and interested stakeholders in a grass roots campaign;
- Becoming well informed of all current and possible ways to complete the “I-80 Project”;
- Sharing all available information and research with public and private decision makers; and
- Funding a public information and lobbying initiative to influence a positive decision-making pathway to complete the project.
I-80 Coalition Members
The Will County Center for Economic Development and partners from throughout the public and private sectors are working together to provide an improved transportation system along Interstate 80.
Members of the I-80 Coalition include:
- Municipalities
- Municipal Associations
- Local, state & federal officials
- Public transit agencies
- Building Trades
- Community business and contractors’ associations
- Public relations
- Media
- Legal and lobbying firms
- Higher Education
Members of Business & Industry, including:
- Private business enterprises
- Major Will County employers
- Real estate developers
- Transportation contractors
- Material supply companies
- Engineering companies
- Transit, transportation, distribution & logistics companies
- Railroads
- Agribusiness
News & Updates
I-80 Coalition to push for highway funding
A coalition created to push for improvements to Interstate 80 will point to $623 billion of freight coming through Will County a year, making a case the local corridor has national importance.
New grass-roots I-80 Coalition seeks to speed up road improvements
A new grass-roots effort, known as the I-80 Coalition, has been launched by the Will County Center for Economic Development to hasten needed improvements to I-80.
New coalition wants to speed up I-80 work
A new I-80 Coalition is being formed to speed up long-term plans to improve the interstate.
Tollway willing to step in to fund I-80 upgrades, chairman tells Joliet City Council
The chairman of the state tollway board laid out a case to the Joliet City Council on Monday for turning the local stretch of Interstate 80 into a toll road.