Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration has rejected bids for more than $500 million in city work sought by a McKinley Park asphalt maker and several rivals, saying that the companies must show plans to control pollution.
The announcement follows outrage from community organizers in McKinley Park, who have been complaining about pollution and odor from MAT Asphalt for the past four years.
"We see an opportunity to revisit this bid in a way that would allow us to responsibly procure the asphalt needed to support our transportation infrastructure, while also protecting the environment and human health and promoting sustainability," according to a city statement.
The plant’s co-owner Michael Tadin Jr. has said those complaints are exaggerated. He’s also said that his state operating permit allows him to make as much as 890,000 tons of asphalt a year and that the McKinley Park operation didn’t produce half that amount in 2021. Plote Construction of Hoffman Estates and Contractors Equipment Rentals of Elmhurst also made pitches for the city work. Each appeared to have a low bid for single sections of the city.
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