Toll Increase Begins Jan. 1

Toll rates for cars will increase Jan. 1 to help fund the Illinois Tollway's new capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future. 

I-PASS customers will see a toll rate increase of 35 cents at a typical mainline toll plaza, with cash-paying passenger vehicles continuing to pay double the I-PASS rate.

Rates vary by road, plaza and ramp. For a complete list, visit www.illinoistollway.com

To get an I-PASS:

• Visit an Illinois Tollway Customer Service Center, open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Visit one of 's 180+ Northern Illinois locations
• Go online or call 1-800-UC-IPASS (800-824-7277).

The Illinois Tollway's $12 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future, will improve mobility, relieve congestion, reduce pollution, create 120,000 jobs and link economies across the Midwest region. 

Move Illinois will address the remaining needs of the existing tollway system; rebuild and widen the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) as a state-of-the-art 21st century corridor; construct a new interchange to connect the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) to I-57; build a new, all-electronic Elgin O'Hare West Bypass and fund planning studies for the Illinois Route 53 Extension and the Illiana Expressway.