Epstein was selected by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (Tollway) in early December of 2004 to provide professional engineering design services for implementation of Open Road Tolling (ORT) at Toll Plaza 51 (York Road) and Toll Plaza 37 (Joliet Road). Construction of the earthwork at the Meyers Road Plaza was started in mid July 2005 and included noise walls and retaining walls. Construction of the main plaza at Meyers Road and ramp plazas at IL Route 83 and Midwest Road began in October. Construction of the ORT solution for the west bound toll collections at York Road started in May of 2006. ORT at the east and west bound plazas and at Route 83 opened in September of 2006. Midwest Road is scheduled to be opened before 2007.
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