Transportation Meeting Last Night

Last night State Representative Kathy Ryg hosted a transportation forum for elected officials at the Libertyville high school. There was a nice turnout of about 60 people, numerous state reps and senators, Lake County board members, mayors and township officials.

We heard presentations from Lake County, the Illinois Tollway Authority and the Illinois Department of Transportation. Mayor Elliott Hartstein led the discussion from the mayors perspective, Diana O'Kelly from the Lake County Board talked from the Township's perspective, Suzi Schmidt the Lake County Board Chair talked from the counties perspective, and Senator Terry Link talked about the state issues.

• Some of the major discussion points were the 120 bypass, Route 83, Route 60 and Route 41.
• An equal and fair redistribution of the Motor Fuel Tax (MFT)
• September 16th is a Transportation summit hosted by Lake County Partners where some consensus will hopefully emerge on which project or projects will have consensus.

Overall it was interesting to hear different viewpoints and ideas for solving problems. Hopefully we will start seeing results on getting some highways built in the county and in the Round Lake Area.