Legislators working on behalf of region

Or at least they are working on behalf of Lake County.

Reading the Times article on the extension of the Illiana Expressway plan, and resulting legislation, caused me to pause for a moment. So, it's possible that a private company would build and operate the Illiana at a profit?

If this is the case, and I know that southern Porter County will erupt at the very thought, why not run this tollway all the way around to LaPorte? I'll pause and let the cries for my head begin, and jump back in later ....