The Lake County Board will consider supporting the concept of preserving land once reserved for the extension of Route 53 as a green corridor.
On Dec. 16, after more than a year of study involving communities along the route, state legislators, environmental organizations and other entities, the Illinois Route 53 Land Expansion Alterative Use Task Force recommended all the state-owned land designated for the defunct project be transferred to the Department of Natural Resources.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service Other questions would be whether it's a state park or state trail, how it's funded and how connections would be made.
Sixteen of 19 members on the state task force supported the overall greenway plan. Mundelein disapproved. IDOT and Visit Lake County, the county's tourism and marketing arm, abstained.