*sigh*
You're all shouting based on ideological stances, against "the other side".
Illinois toll-roads are *always* under construction, we have long since given up on any tollway project actually improving the commute. Article first mentions the Jane Addams Tollway, which is the one I have to take if I want to drive into Chicago, the interstate has been under construction for 8 of the past 10 years. It was adding more toll lanes, then adding one ipass lane, then adding an extra lane for a short while after the toll booths, then adding more ipass lanes, then resurfacing long stretches of the road, then adding ipass express lanes, then more resurfacing & bridge repairs, they're resurfacing another stretch and adding another lane currently, and now we're raising tolls to keep it under construction for longer.
Not to mention, I never felt the toll-road surfaces were bad. All over Illinois towns some roads get resurfaced, then another project comes along and resurfaces the same road a year or two later!!!
So much money can be saved by working on larger-scale projects at once, instead if lots and lots on continuous small projects, and that way we would actually get to benefit from time to time. But, reality is a whole other beast