Chicago motorists and some residents looking out their front windows soon can expect to see the towering digital billboards favored by Mayor Rahm Emanuel going up on city-owned property near area expressways.
The Illinois Department of Transportation has approved 11 locations for the 100-foot-tall electronic signs after months of wrangling over one of Emanuel's signature moneymakers and a Springfield agreement between the mayor and Gov. Pat Quinn.
The billboard permits are the first indication of movement on the massive advertising agreement between City Hall and conglomerate Interstate-JCDecaux LLC since May, when the mayor and governor endorsed a state measure designed to expedite approval of 25 of the billboards.
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