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Illinois Commerce Commission approves rail-safety project, property taking and multiple motor-carrier orders
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Summary
At its March 19, 2026 regular meeting the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a public-safety rail crossing project, authorized the taking of Union Pacific property in Kane County for a highway safety improvement, amended a motor-carrier temporary license to match an administrative-code change, granted household-goods certificates, and renewed towing licenses.
Chair Scott called the Illinois Commerce Commission's March 19, 2026 regular open meeting to order and moved the body to its transportation agenda, noting Commissioners Carrigan, McCabe, Paradis and Reddick were present with her in Chicago. "Are we ready to proceed in Springfield?" she asked, and after a brief readiness confirmation the meeting proceeded.
The commission approved a series of transportation orders by voice with no objections. Chair Scott presented Item RR1, an order approving a public-safety improvement project at a rail crossing in Illinois; when she asked, "Are there any objections to approving the order?" no objections were raised and the order was approved. She then introduced Item RR2, a petition approving the taking of certain property owned by Union Pacific Railroad in Kane County by exercise of eminent domain as part of a public highway improvement to address safety deficiencies. "Are there any objections to approving the order?" she asked; hearing none, the commission approved the taking.
The meeting record shows several motor-carrier items were handled next. Chair Scott described Item MC1 as a motion to amend an application for transfer of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to transport household goods and to align temporary-license expiration with a recent administrative-code amendment (changing the expiration to one year from the date of issuance rather than one year from the date of the order). The commission granted the motion and extended the temporary license. Items MC2 and MC3, applications for common-carrier certificates to transport household goods, were considered together and approved. Items MC4 and MC5, renewal requests for commercial relocation towing licenses, were also considered together and approved.
The approvals recorded in the transcript were taken by voice with no objections; the transcript contains no roll-call tallies or named votes. The meeting then moved to administrative items. Judge Teague Kingsley opened the proceedings with a readiness confirmation; Chair Scott closed the transportation agenda after approving the items.
The actions approved affect railroad crossing-safety projects, an eminent-domain taking in Kane County involving Union Pacific Railroad property, multiple motor-carrier licenses and certificates, and towing-license renewals. Next steps or implementation details (such as project schedules, funding sources, or precise license effective dates) were not specified in the transcript.
The commission moved on to administrative matters and then concluded the transportation agenda; the audio recording ends shortly thereafter.