tolls suspended

It seems a bit early to us, wishful thinking maybe, but they call it the "Spring Festival" season in China -  the last two days of the Lunar New Year January 25, 26.  Spring festival time is China's major annual time for getting on the road to visit family and friends. And it's a national tradition to go to one's "native" village in the countryside.

So this is the time of the year when the expressways are most heavily trafficked.

Toll Collection resumes Saturday morning (Sept 27) on the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) system. The decision was made by the County CEO Ed Emmett and tollroad officials Sept 24.

Northwest Indiana and parts of the Chicago area got a foot of rain (300mm) and suffered severe floods starting Sept 14. The Little Calumet River overflowed its banks. Despite the recent completion of a major rebuild the Borman Expressway I-80/94, the major area freeway was put out of service for five days by the floods, and the Indiana Toll Road was called on to provide relief.