March is finally here and we are getting ready for some warmth. Not sure if you are like me, but it just seems that the older I get the longer the winters are. As we all know in Illinois, once winter is over, our next season starts ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
The truck detour route for the York and Irving Park Road construction will commence March 14, not April 1st, like previously mentioned. There will be a height restriction enforced during the construction at 12 ½ feet. During the construction a new railroad track will be installed, pavement removed and replaced at a lower elevation to all the detour route to be lifted sometime in late spring and placing embankment of stone and dirt to relocate the railroad tracks to their final position. If everything goes as planned and without any weather delays or catastrophes the truck detour could be lifted by Memorial Day weekend. For a formal map of the detour route, please go to our website www.iacac.com.
February luncheon recap
Thank you to Mr. Matt Hart, Executive Director of the Illinois Trucking Association, who discussed the outlook of the trucking industry in Illinois at our luncheon on Tuesday, February 10th. Matt brought his insight from Springfield and discussed some issues that are being bounced around from broadening taxes on trucking companies and warehouses and the repeal of the Commercial Distribution Bill under Senate Bill 662/ House Bill 371. Everybody seemed to learn something new who attended this luncheon.
No March luncheon; March Madness instead
There will be no luncheon in March, but we will have an evening event. Join us March 19th from 6 PM -10 PM at the Wyndham Garden Elk Grove Village/O’Hare. This will be a co-sponsored with the Young Freight Forwarders Association (YFFA). Appetizers and soft drinks will be provided and plenty of TV’s to watch the first round of the NCAA tournament. So after a long day of work (or watching the games on a live feed) come join us for some fun, laughs and networking.
Follow this link to register.
Our next luncheon will be Tuesday, April 14th and our guest speaker is Wally Devereaux, Senior Director of Cargo and Charters at Southwest Airlines.
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