A top executive of a road-building operation tied to the Palumbo family — and embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with the state’s main transportation agency — has been chosen to lead the powerful trade group representing Illinois’ road construction industry.

John Healy, chief integration officer of Builders Asphalt LLC, was picked by members of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association to serve as next chairman of the group’s board of directors for at least a year, starting in January.

The association advocates for the billion-dollar industry, whose success is derived significantly from government contracts, and interacts with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, both of which build and maintain vast networks of roads a

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