Section 6.900  Purpose and Objective

a)         Purpose

The purpose of this Part is to establish policies and procedures to allow the Department to fulfill its obligations to enter into public private agreements between the State of Illinois and one or more private entities for any or all of the work to develop, finance, construct, manage, and operate the Illiana Expressway.  (Section 5(c) of the Act)

b)         Objective

Coordination is required among the CPO, the Department and the State of Indiana in efforts to build a new interstate highway connecting Interstate Highway 55 in northeastern Illinois to Interstate Highway 65 in northwestern Indiana.

(Source:  Added at 37 Ill. Reg. 15878, effective September 27, 2013)