The leaders of a special advisory council today presented the Illinois Tollway board with their recommendations for an environmentally friendly“parkway” that would extend Illinois Highway 53 north through central Lake County, where it would intersect with a new bypass of Illinois Highway 120.

Charlie Potter, host of the WGN radio program “The Great Outdoors,” commends the extraordinary efforts of the Illinois Route 53/120 Blue Ribbon Advisory Council, and praises the leadership of council co-chairs David Stolman and George Ranney in his May 20th broadcast. Potter lauds the council’s work calling it an unparalleled and unprecedented effort to preserve the environmental integrity of the region, while advancing transportation and reducing congestion. He  refers to the recommended plan as a national model for building major roads in an urban area, and an achievement that all of northeastern Illinois can be proud of. Listen to the May 20 podcast of “The Great Outdoors”

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DEERFIELD — An advisory panel’s report on the proposed extension of Route 53 is giving transportation and county officials renewed hope about the project’s future...