(70 ILCS 520/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 6159)
Sec. 9.
In addition to the power and authority heretofore conferred
upon the Authority, the Authority, in its own name, shall have full power
and authority: to acquire and thereafter operate and maintain any existing
vehicular toll bridge across any waters which form a common boundary
between any city within the territory of the Authority and any other city
either within or without the State and to reconstruct, improve and repair
such existing bridge; to construct, maintain and operate an additional
vehicular toll bridge and approaches across these waters at a point
suitable to the interests of navigation and to reconstruct, repair and
improve the same; to construct, maintain and operate a tunnel under
these waters and to reconstruct, repair and improve the same; to
reconstruct, improve, and repair or to provide financial aid for the
reconstruction, improvement, and repair of any existing vehicular toll
bridge; and to issue
and sell bonds, notes, or other evidence of
indebtedness for such purposes as provided in Section 7.
(Source: P.A. 86-1455.)
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