A Stop NorthPoint leader said he received an old draft of a traffic impact study from a Joliet city attorney before the first court hearing in his transparency lawsuit against the city.
John Kieken of Manhattan said Assistant Corporation Counsel Chris Regis turned over an April 2020 traffic impact study to his attorneys Thursday…. Read more →
One of the founders of Stop Northpoint is suing the City of Joliet to obtain any traffic studies concerning the new Northpoint plan ahead of a Dec. 21 City Council vote.
Attorneys for John Kieken of Manhattan have also filed an emergency motion on Tuesday asking a judge to order city officials to produce those traffic studies before the Dec. 21 council meeting…. Read more →
Opponents to NorthPoint Development’s plan for a Joliet logistics park said the developer has urged state officials to resurrect a scaled-down version of the Illiana Expressway to gain a route to another intermodal 30 miles away.
Stop NorthPoint issued a news release citing emails among officials at the Illinois Department of Transportation discussing NorthPoint’s interest in what one referred to as “Illiana Light” to connect its logistics park with a proposed CSX intermodal in Crete…. Read more →
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 →
The Joliet Herald-News wrote: NorthPoint: Is it deja vu all over again? Joliet now on its third round of approvals as developer and opponents keep at it By Bob Okon November 22, 2021 at 6:00 pm CST The NorthPoint Development plan for the Compass Global Logistics Hub is now going… Read more →
The Joliet Herald-News wrote: NorthPoint battle on again, plan gets OK from Joliet Plan Commission Plan for bigger Compass Global Logistics Hub goes to City Council in December By Bob Okon November 18, 2021 at 9:25 pm CST The new and bigger NorthPoint plan was approved Thursday by the Joliet… Read more →
The Joliet Herald-News wrote: It’s NorthPoint time again in Joliet Plan Commission considers NorthPoint plan Thursday, City Council to vote in December By Bob Okon November 17, 2021 at 5:15 am CST The new NorthPoint plan goes to the Joliet Plan Commission this week with the developer proposing a project… Read more →
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 →
On October 27, 2021, Judge Jarz granted our emergency motion asking to stay his ruling until after the Joliet hearings on the new bridge route and annexation agreement. Judge Jarz had previously dismissed our case and a ruling on our “Motion to Reconsider” is still in front of him. Today’s… Read more →
“No Bridge, No Project” is something we’ve heard a lot over the last several years. Similar to the “Joliet can’t take it” slogan that was pushed hard during the fight in Elwood, this one too may soon be proven wrong. The “No Bridge, No Project” slogan refers to the bridge… Read more →