You can't escape the rush hour traffic in Lake County.

You've tried leaving early. Going home late. Taking a bunch of different routes. Nothing works. You're losing sleep, time with your family and friends, time at work. Instead, you have lots of windshield time with your car. You're losing part of your life, wasting time in a congested mess on Lake County roads with no end in sight.

A simple "yes" vote April 7 can help change all that.

The Route 53 project has been planned for years. Now, you finally get to vote in favor of it. You can tell Lake County, state and federal leaders know you're sick and tired of traffic jams. You want to stop wasting dozens of hours behind the wheel every month, watching all the vehicles around you pollute the air while they inch along at a frustrating pace.

And, you can do more than vote. You can tell your family, neighbors and friends to vote "yes" for Route 53. Tell them how it will enrich their lives, help businesses and improve the economic future of the county. We can help you do that. Sign up for e-mail blasts, Twitter alerts, and a Facebook page that will provide the latest on our plan to bring some sanity to the crazy mess of traffic in Lake County.

Route 53 Referendum-- UPDATED

There is a move afoot at the county to place an advisory referendum on the April Ballot that endorses Route 53 and calls for it to be built. UPDATE...if you roll your mouse over the more button on the survey you can find out how many people voted (28 so far). Not so sure I like this survey software.

Okay I took the survey off...someone voted NO 53 times, which is quite funny, but not exactly, one man one vote! I had the survey software turned on to make sure only person can vote, but that apparently did not work.