November 2021

JHN: CenterPoint joins the fight over NorthPoint

CenterPoint Properties has added its voice to NorthPoint opponents.

The developer of the CenterPoint Intermodal Center has filed objections to the NorthPoint plan, pointing to the potential impact on roads running through its own development that spreads across Joliet and Elwood.

The objections are the first public comments made by CenterPoint on the NorthPoint plan, which proposes nearly 2,300 acres of space for warehouses that would rely on the CenterPoint Intermodal Center for routes to intermodal yards and interstates…. Read more →

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VIDEO: Joliet Water Bills Will TRIPLE

Aquifers are drying up, and Joliet must build a BILLION-dollar pipeline to Chicago. “Joliet official have said rates will need to TRIPLE in order to pay the debt [on the pipeline]… officials worry cost overruns could force much bigger increases.” – Better Government Association, 11/16/21
NorthPoint will add 6 sq. miles of industrial park and 40+ million sq. feet of warehouse use to Joliet’s starving water supply and consume ~1.5 MILLION gallons per day…. Read more →

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Frequent Questions…

Stop NorthPoint is taking the recent news & information as presented by Joliet and the developer at face value. That a series of public hearings in Joliet are coming up in Nov. and Dec. 2021 to pass a new annexation agreement that spells out the details of nearly a thousand… Read more →

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