What is the Community Advisory Group (CAG)?
A Community Advisory Group (CAG) is an established group of interested stakeholders who provide feedback and advice to IDOT through the life of the project. The Department hosts a kickoff meeting for each CSS project to describe the transportation project and to solicit members for the CAG. CAG members are then invited to attend meetings during which they will share their views and experiences as members of the community. The Community Advisory Group may be limited to certain numbers of members for ease of facilitation. For example, on a very large project three or four homeowners may be selected to represent all homeowners, and three or four business owners may be asked to represent all businesses, etc. These representatives are then asked to keep their members up-to-date on the project and provide feedback to the rest of the stakeholders. The CAG will be tailored to each project to ensure the best outcome for the communities while maintaining the project schedule set forth by the Pro
