Hopefully Help is on the Way for 60 and Peterson

Lake County has applied for a permit with the Illinois Department of Transportation to construct left turn lanes on Illinois Route 60 at Peterson Road. There is currently one lane in each direction at that location on Route 60 and it is shared by both left turners and drivers continuing straight through the intersection. One driver making a left turn can hold-up traffic for an entire cycle of the traffic signal.

Lake County is proposing to do the minimum amount of work necessary to add the turn lanes and modify the traffic signal equipment. The work is planned for this fall to help motorists that will need to utilize Illinois Route 60 as an alternate route during construction of the intersection at Fairfield Road and Gilmer Road in 2007.