Joliet logistics hub could be stalled if bridge project doesn't pass
A rendering of the bridge connecting the Compass business park to two Will County intermodal centers. U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush calls it "the bridge to the future." To many Will County officials and residents, it's a bridge too far. But the opinion that really matters now belongs to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The fate of a massive industrial park planned in Joliet that could employ as many as 10,000 people rests largely in the hands of the governor, who has the final say over a proposed bridge spanning Route 53 that's essential to the development. It may be just a bridge, but it represents the hopes of p...