Tollway urges drivers to slow down for winter: agency reports salt stocks and strikes on maintenance vehicles
Nov 20, 2025
Nov 20, 2025
Rohan Gale, the Tollway’s chief of maintenance and traffic, delivered a winter safety message noting roughly 105,000 tons of road salt on hand (average use ~59,000 tons), 196 snow plows in service, and that drivers struck Tollway vehicles 24 times that week.
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Rohan Gale, chief of maintenance and traffic for the Illinois Tollway, opened the board’s Nov. 20 meeting with a winter safety message stressing caution on snowy and icy roads and outlining the agency’s readiness.
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