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Aurora Beacon-News - 12/29/02 - Top Ten Local Stories of 2002
Chicago Tribune - 12/27/02 - New year to
bring new beltway study
Aurora Beacon-News - 12/21/02 - Outer-belt study begins now
Aurora Beacon-News - 12/05/02 - Outer-belt
lawsuit moving through motions
Elburn Herald - 11/28/02 - Prairie Parkway
suit continues in court
Aurora Beacon-News - 10/9/02 - IDOT chooses
engineer for outer-belt study
September
Daily Herald - 9/20/02 - Landowners file
lawsuit to wipe expressway proposal from their deeds
Chicago Tribune - 9/20/02 - Beltway
critics sue over corridor plan
Aurora Beacon-News - 9/20/02 - Outer-belt
foes sue state
Aurora Beacon-News - 9/18/02 - Hastert closes
on new property
Aurora Beacon-News - 9/11/02 - Study says
Eldamain extension is viable
Chicago Tribune - 9/6/02 - Beltway foes
jeer Hastert's farm bid
Aurora Beacon-News - 9/5/02 - Hastert looks
to buy house northwest of Plano
Kane County Chronicle - 9/3/02 - Editorial:
County officials should steer clear of lawsuit
Chicago Tribune - 9/1/02 - Beltway
opponents prepare to sue state
Elburn Herald - 8/29/02 - Politicians
speak up at outerbelt rally
Elburn Herald - 8/29/02 - Marvel Davis
nurtures history in Big Rock
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/29/02 - Hastert urges
cooperation among local, federal leaders
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/27/02 - Kendall chairman
plans letter to IDOT
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/26/02 - Outer Belt
gets bashed
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/21/02 - Outer-belt
landowners ponder suit
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/21/02 - Prairie
Parkway adds new twist to Eldamain plan
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/19/02 - Outer-belt
rally to show opposition
Elburn Herald - 8/15/02 - IDOT: No more
Parkway public hearings
Elburn Herald - 8/15/02 - St. Charles attorney
plans to challenge IDOT
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/14/02 - Letter to
Editor: Hastert's Disaster
Joliet Herald-News - 8/12/02 - Highway causes
dissension
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/10/02 - Outer-belt
opponents want more hearings
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/9/02 - Letter: Hastert
no friend to farms
Chicago Tribune - 8/9/02 - Ex-prosecutor
leads fight over outer belt
Kane County Chronicle - 8/8/02 - McCoy,
Klinkhamer butt heads over beltway
Naperville Sun - 8/7/02 - Editorial:
State shouldn't limit land rights
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/7/02 - Hastert opponent
hits road hard
Crain's Chicago Business - 8/5/02 - Hampshire
defies Kane County growth plan
Sun Newspapers - 8/4/02 - Prairie Parkway plan
could rest with state's next governor
Chicago Tribune - 8/2/02 - Beltway link
to I-90 not out of the question
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/2/02 - Next governor
holds real Prairie Parkway key
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/2/02 - Towns hold
to stands on outer-belt plans
Elburn Herald - 8/1/02 - IDOT approves Parkway
corridor
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/1/02 - Little change in outer-belt route
Aurora Beacon-News - 8/1/02 - Outer belt
route greeted by threats of lawsuits
Chicago Tribune - 8/1/02 - IDOT picks final
route for highway
Daily Herald - 8/1/02 - State picks own
route for expressway
Kane County Chroncle - 8/1/02 - Beltway
route takes shape
Aurora Beacon-News - 7/31/02 - IDOT doesn't have easy highway decision
Chicago Tribune - 7/30/02 - State set to select
outer-belt corridor
Aurora Beacon-News - 7/30/02 - Outer belt
decision coming Wednesday
Daily Herald - 7/30/02 - State set to announce
route of controversial outerbelt
Aurora Beacon-News - 7/19/02 - CATS meetings
start future transit planning
Aurora Beacon-News - 7/16/02 - Public meetings to shape region's transportation
Chicago Tribune - 7/11/02 - Road to outer-belt
plan will be a long one
Elburn Herald - 6/20/02 - Area Democrat prepares to challenge Hastert
Aurora Beacon-News - 5/24/02 - Metro planning leader criticizes outer belt
Chicago Tribune - 5/24/02 - DOT urged to
hit brakes on outer beltway plans
Eburn Herald - 5/16/02 - IDOT's beltway
statement due in June
Aurora Beacon-News - 5/16/02 - NIU outer-belt
study won't address details
Aurora Beacon-News - 5/3/02 - Kendall push
on to save farms
Elburn Herald - 5/2/02 - Parkway feedback sought from community leaders
Aurora Beacon-News - 4/30/02 - NIU outer-belt study starts with May meetings
Aurora Beacon-News - 4/23/02 - Highway program
includes millions for outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - 4/8/02 - Farmland protection
group devotes manpower to Kendall
Aurora Beacon-News - 4/6/02 - IDOT finishes
review of highway comments
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/25/02 - Hastert has climbed to top rung
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/23/02 - Letter: "Kendall
County Needs a New Board"
Chicago Tribune - 3/22/02 - Farms and prison
on endangered list
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/22/02 - Big Rock
farms get historic designation
Chicago Tribune - 3/21/02 - Potholes aside,
Chicago roads aren't among nation's worst
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/20/02 - Kendall wants
IDOT to listen to residents
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/20/02 - Historic
Big Rock farms enter Prairie Parkway fight
Dekalb Chronicle - 3/17/02 - Prairie Parkway
spurs debate
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/17/02- Builders weigh
in on beltway
Daily Herald - 3/15/02 - Editorial:
Eastern beltway route problematic
Elburn Herald - 3/14/02 - Front and Center:
Rep. Hastert on "Prairie Parkway"
Daily Herald - 3/13/02 - Alternate outer-belt plan gets go-ahead
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/13/02 - McCoy's highway
proposal gets OK
Chicago Tribune - 3/13/02 - Kane board
adopts alternative plan for outer beltway
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/12/02 - Village rejects
outer belt plan
Chicago Tribune - 3/7/02 - Kane board member
opposes McCoy's outer-belt proposal
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/7/02 - Wyatt strays
from board's support for McCoy road plan
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/7/02 - Sugar Grove
blasts McCoy plan
Daily Herald - 3/7/02 - County leaders
back new outer-belt plan
Daily Herald - 3/7/02 - Outer belt substitute
falling out of favor too
Kane County Chronicle - 3/6/02 - Hastert,
McCoy: There is no feud
Kane County Chronicle - 3/6/02 - Beltway
compromise draws mixed reviews
Chicago Tribune - 3/6/02 - McCoy seeks
middle of road
Daily Herald - 3/6/02 - McCoy proposes different
outer-belt route
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/6/02 - Kendall Board
'on the fence' on outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/6/02 - McCoy: 'Give
a little' on highway route
Kane County Chronicle - 3/5/02 - McCoy
to offer compromise on beltway
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/4/02 - Commentary:
Choose eastern corridor for outer belt
Chicago Tribune - 2/28/02 - Plan
to shift outer belt to east Kane falls flat
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/28/02 - McCoy to
present own easterly route
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/28/02 - Towns disagree
with Kane outerbelt route
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/26/02 - Opinion:
Beltway is the right way: forward-thinking and much-needed
Northwest Herald - 2/26/02 - Hastert calls
for economic recovery, roads
Daily Herald - 2/26/02 - House speaker
downplays feud
Daily Herald - 2/26/02 - Kane County, state
candidates face off at forum
Northwest Herald - 2/25/02 - Road critics
are driving in circles
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/25/02 - Letter: Thank
you, Sen. Chris Lauzen!
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/23/02 - Letter: Just
imagine The Fox...
Elgin Courier-News - 2/23/02 - Elgin to
IDOT: Improve U.S. 20 (and move beltway east)
Daily Herald - 2/23/02 - State warns Kane
against moving expressway route
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/22/02 - Hastert calls
for common-sense corridor
Elgin Courier-News - 2/22/02 - Hastert:
Outer belt ought to go to I-90
Chicago Tribune - 2/22/02 - Hastert emphasizes
outer-belt support
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/21/02 - "Most
people really don't want an outer belt"
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/21/02 - Hastert
set to comment on outer belt
Aurora Beacon News - 2/20/02 - County calls
joint outer belt meeting
Aurora Beacon News - 2/20/02 - Kendall
might eschew outer belt stand
Kane County Chronicle - 02/19/02 - Hastert:
Establish beltway centerline
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/15/02 - Common Sense: "How much can we afford to lose?"
Daily Herald - 2/15/02 - Letter: A belief
that most oppose outer belt
Elburn Herald - 2/14/02 - Front and Center:
Farmland Preservation in Kane and neighboring counties
Chicago Tribune - 2/14/02 - Old hands seek
new Kane posts
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/14/02 - Yorkville
OKs study on future road needs
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/14/02 - Eldamain
Road study results weeks away
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/14/02 - Sandwich
votes support for Prairie Parkway plan
Daily Herald - 2/14/02 - Letter: McCoy puts
needs of few before the majority
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/12/02 - Outer-belt
comments stacked up for IDOT
Kane County Chronicle - 2/11/02 - Farmers
fear beltway will split land
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/10/02 - Editorial:
Outer belt: Slow down, and site it properly
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/9/02 - Plano mayor,
AEDC endorse Prairie Parkway
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/9/02 - Letter: Please
stand against the outer beltway!
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/8/02 - Kane Farm
Bureau opposes outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/8/02 - Letter: Sen.
Lauzen is the only representative we have heard from
Elgin Courier-News - 2/8/02 - Kane farm
group opposes IDOT's process on belt
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/7/02 - Pair of candidates
offer support for outer-belt freeway
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/7/02 - Beltway plan
can benefit affected
Chicago Tribune - 2/7/02 - 2 towns support
outer-belt highway
Daily Herald - 2/7/02 - Letter: McCoy should
keep asking road questions
Daily Herald - 2/7/02 - Rt. 53 might be
the odd project out
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/6/02 - Sugar Grove,
Yorkville both favor outer belt
Kane County Chronicle - 2/6/02 - Panel:
Beltway will cause sprawl
Daily Herald - 2/5/02 - Elgin Chamber of
Commerce puts support behind highway
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/5/02 - Valley industry
group supports outer belt
Must Reading - Crain's Chicago Business - 2/4/02 - New
roads or no, sprawl takes root in Kendall farmland
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/4/02 - Freeway plan
shares stage at Yorkville Town Meeting
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/3/02 - Hastert's
disappearing act
Aurora Beacon-News - 2/3/02 - Western Kane
residents know how to protest, win
Daily Herald - 2/1/02 - Letter: Kane 'sprawlway'
will accelerate the damage
Chicago Tribune - 2/1/02 - Outer-belt poll
shows support
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/31/2002 - Snow doesn't keep highway foes home
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/31/2002 - Chamber
poll finds outer-belt support
Daily Herald - 1/31/2002 - Residents worry
expressway would ruin Kaneville's small-town feel
Kane County Chronicle - 1/31/2002 - Public
says no to road
Chicago Tribune - 1/29/02 - Outer belt
impact studies sought
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/28/02 - IDOT will
hear from outer-belt landowners
Chicago Tribune - 1/28/02 - Road debate
may unify region
Daily Herald - 1/28/02 - McCoy's populist
stand may cost him, county
Chicago Sun-Times - 1/27/02 - Rural dream
could fall to highway plan
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/26/02 - Kane to study
outerbelt impact
Kane County Chroncle - 1/26/02 - County
to fund its own beltway study
Chicago Tribune - 1/25/02 - NIU to look
at outer-belt growth issues
Kane County Chronicle - 1/25/02 - State
OKs NIU study
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/25/02 - Village
eyes access for commerce on Route 47
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/25/02 - NIU commissioned
to study need for outer belt
Elburn Herald - 1/24/02 - Funding for Parkway
surprises residents
Chicago Tribune - 1/22/02 - Cronin pushes
roadwork curbs
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/22/02 - Lauzen latest
to oppose freeway
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/22/02 - Kendall
talks draw crowd: Two gubernatorial hopefuls talk about outer belt
Chicago Tribune - 1/20/02 - Outer-belt
plan raises rural fears
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/20/02 - Church leaders
oppose outer belt
Kane County Chronicle - 1/20/02 - State
uses law to keep road corridors available
Kane County Chronicle - 1/18/02 - A $15
million green light for outer beltway
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/18/02 - Town meeting
will shape Yorkville position on outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/18/02 - Outer-belt
funds shock foes
Kane County Chronicle - 1/17/02 - IDOT
memo irks county
Daily Herald - 1/17/02 - McCoy slams IDOT
position on outerbelt
Daily Herald - 1/17/02 - McCoy says Kane controlling growth
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/17/02 - Letters
to the Editor
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/17/02 - Opinion:
Parkway takes away property rights
Aurora Beacon News - 1/17/02 - County chairmen
look to future
Aurora Beacon News - 1/16/02 - Kendall
approves Eldamain study
Aurora Beacon News - 1/16/02 - Landowners
along outer-belt route look into easements to save farms
Aurora Beacon News - 1/16/02 - Kane board:
Move outer belt east
Aurora Beacon News - 1/12/02 - Kendall farmers oppose Prairie Parkway
Aurora Beacon News - 1/12/02 - Plano economic
leaders, Somonauk back outer belt
Chicago Tribune - 1/11/02 - Beltway plan
still long road, state says
Aurora Beacon News - 1/11/02 - Outer belt
rerouting proposed
Aurora Beacon News - 1/10/02 - Sugar Grove
wants resident input on outer belt
Elburn Herald - 1/10/02 - County says 'no
thanks' to Prairie Parkway
Daily Herald - 1/10/02 - Kaneville might
be the fork in the beltway
Elburn Herald - 1/10/02 - Front and Center
Column
Aurora Beacon News - 1/9/02 - Kane board
opposes outer belt
Aurora Beacon News - 1/9/02 - Kane marks
spot for outer belt
Aurora Beacon News - 1/9/02 - Outer-belt
forum aims to curtail confusion
Daily Herald - 1/9/02 - Outer belt vote
coming next month
Chicago Tribune - 1/9/02 - Kane board opposes
beltway
Kane County Chronicle - 1/9/02 - County
throws roadblock on beltway
Daily Herald - 1/5/02 - Kane leaders, IDOT to
meet on expressway plan
Kane County Chronicle - 1/5/02 - Flags
mark beltway path
Aurora Beacon News - 1/4/02 - Highway foes
challenge IDOT
Aurora Beacon News - 1/4/02 - Hastert says
outer-belt freeway idea is not new
Elburn Herald - 1/3/02 - Big Rock residents
speak against Prairie Parkway
Daily Herald - 1/3/02 - McCoy seeking vote
against expressway
Chicago Tribune - 1/3/02 - Kane board at
odds on outer belt
Kane County Chronicle - 1/3/02 - County
wants more beltway input
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/3/02 - Letter to
Editor: Price of Hastert's "Legacy"
Aurora Beacon-News - 1/3/02 - Kane County
outer-belt resolution debate goes on
Chicago Tribune - 12/29/01 - Township
opposes highway
Chicago Tribune - 12/29/01 - Voice of
the People (Letter): County Growth
Kane County Chronicle - 12/29/01 - Beltway
divides politicians
Kane County Chronicle - 12/28/01 - Opposition
builds against outer beltway
Daily Herald - 12/28/01 - Expressway meets
opposition
Aurora Beacon-News - 12/28/2001 - More
time to talk on outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - 12/28/2001 - Big Rock
crowd wants to raise stop sign to outer belt
Chicago Tribune - December 27, 2001 - Outer-belt
study gets more time
Daily Herald - December 27, 2001 - Public
comment deadline for new freeway expanded
Aurora Beacon-News - December 26, 2001 - Deputy
faces challenge as first Big Rock president
Chicago Tribune - December 25, 2001 - Highway
foes form coalition
Aurora Beacon-News - December 22, 2001 - Yorkville
leans toward backing outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - December 21, 2001 - Citizens
form group to fight parkway
Elburn Herald - December 20, 2001 - Debate
on I-80, 88 link 'too short'
Elburn Herald - December 20, 2001 - Beltway
offers three different routes
Chicago Tribune - December 19, 2001 - Outer-belt
plan comment period likely to grow
Aurora Beacon-News - December 19, 2001 - Kane
looking to 2030 in revising 2020 plan
Aurora Beacon-News - December 16, 2001 - Yorkville
economic leaders back outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - December 15, 2001 - Northern outer belt leg cut off
Chicago Tribune - December 14, 2001 - Commentary:
Hastert Highway: Favorite son settles a classic dispute
Aurora Beacon-News - December 13, 2001 - State
likely to make only minor changes in outer-belt proposal
Aurora Beacon-News - December 13, 2001 - Church:
Too many links to outer belt
Aurora Beacon-News - December 13, 2001 - Kaneland
concerned about north-south highway plan
Aurora Beacon-News - Decmeber 13, 2001 - Outer
belt may cause Eldamain reconsideration
Elburn Herald - December 13, 2001 - Proposed
highway aggravates residents
Chicago Tribune - December 13, 2001 - Kane's
outer-belt fears ease a bit
Aurora Beacon-News - December 12, 2001 - Highway
hearing draws hundreds
DeKalb Chronicle - December 12, 2001 - Hearing
on Prairie Parkway draws hundreds of curious residents
Daily Herald - December 12, 2001 - Western
expressway still in flux
Daily Herald - December 12, 2001 - Letter:
Just Say 'No' to Kane Version of Beltway
Chicago Tribune - December 12, 2001 - Kane
dodges outer-belt issue
Kane County Chronicle - December 12, 2001 - Critics
want to put brakes on outer beltway
Aurora Beacon-News - December 10, 2001 - Single
hearing to gather views about freeway
Aurora Beacon-News - December 9, 2001 - Editorial:
Consider entire outerbelt, not its two parts
Chicago Tribune - December 9, 2001 - Kane
encounters renewed pressure over `outer belt'
Daily Herald - December 9, 2001 - Editorial:
Kane beltway opposition ill-conceived
Aurora Beacon-News - December 8, 2001 - Aurora
chamber supports Outer Belt
Daily Herald - December 6, 2001 - McCoy
wants to stop outer expressway
Chicago Tribune - December 6, 2001 - Kane
panel opposes linking Interstates
Aurora Beacon-News - December 6, 2001 - Kane
County to oppose Outer Belt Freeway
Chicago Tribune - November 29, 2001 - Forest leader hits west highway
Chicago Tribune - November 28, 2001 - State
narrows path for west road as Kane officials fret
Dekalb Daily Chronicle - November 25, 2001 - Hearing
Set for Prairie Parkway
Aurora Beacon-News - November 21, 2001 - State
to ask for input on beltway route
Aurora Beacon-News - August 28, 2001 - Hastert
pushes for north-south highway
Joliet Herald-News - July 25, 2001 - Hastert
pressing for highway to connect I-80, I-90
Aurora Beacon-News - 3/25/02 - With election over, race is on to boost tolls
Chicago Tribune - 2/26/02 - Extension
of I-355 is backed by U.S.