Public Forums for Transportation Improvement Projects Scheduled

A series of public forums have been scheduled to gather information as to which transportation improvement projects residents and business leaders would like to see receive high priority funding status.

Information from the hearings will be used to prepare a ballot for the second annual Lake County Transportation Summit, scheduled for September, when local elected officials will vote on prioritizing state highway widening and public transportation projects.

Public forums have been scheduled for the following dates and locations:

• Tuesday, May 23, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Antioch Township Hall, 1625 Deep Lake Rd., Lake Villa Wednesday,
• May 24, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Warren Township Hall, 500 N. O'Plaine Road, Gurnee Thursday,
• May 25, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Deerfield High School, 1959 N. Waukegan Rd., Deerfield Saturday,
• June 3, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Wauconda Township Hall on West Bonner Rd., Wauconda. Wednesday,
• June 7, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. College of Lake County, C-003, 19351 Washington St., Grayslake. Tuesday,
• June 13, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the W.W. Grainger Auditorium, 100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest.
  

The 2006 Transportation summit, scheduled for Sept. 20 and sponsored by the Lake County Transportation Alliance, Lake County, the Transportation Management Association of Lake Cook and the College of Lake County, will use input from the public forums to help develop Lake County's 2007 transportation consensus agenda. For more information, visit the Lake County Division of Transportation Web site.