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Do tollways spur growth or follow it in suburbs
A University of Illinois at Chicago study funded largely by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority concludes highways influence growth but do not cause suburban sprawl, citing Orland Park as a fast growing area despite distant expressways. Critics call the findings inconclusive and point to competing projections by regional planners.
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Orland Park
Ple
Chicago
University of Illinois At Chicago
Statistics and Evaluation Laboratory
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Tollway Authority
Tri-State
East- West
Siim Soot
Vonu Thakuriah
Authority
Don O'Toole
O’toole
Lake
Will
Mike Trappa
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Bolingbrook
New Lenox
Tollway
Trappa
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Regional Planning Agency
NIPC
Lake County
Will County