Illinois Tollway Appoints Route 53 Blue Ribbon Advisory Council
The Illinois Tollway announced a Blue Ribbon Advisory Council to work together to develop regional consensus on whether to move forward with the Illinois Route 53 corridor project in Lake County. Consensus is needed to determine what the solution to reducing congestion in Lake County is, how it will look and how to pay for it.
Comments on Route 53 can be posted on the Illinois Tollway County Outreach page www.illinoistollway.com . Be sure to include this information in your community newsletters so residents can comment on the plan.
Advisory Council Members
David Stolman - Council Co-chair, Lake County Board Chair George Ranney - Council Co-chair, President and CEO Metropolis Strategies and Prairie Holding Corporation Gerald Adelmann - President and CEO, Openlands MarySue Barrett - President, Metropolitan Planning Commission Randy Blankenhorn - Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Jeff Braiman - Buffalo Grove Village President, Northwest Municipal Conference rep Carolina Duque - Executive Director, Mano a Mano Resource Center Chris Geiselhart - President, Lake County Audubon Society Jacky Grimshaw - Vice President of Policy, Center for Neighborhood Technology Lynn Karner - Director, Lake County Building and Construction Trades Council David Kennedy - Executive Director, American Council of Engineering Companies Mark Knigge - Wauconda Mayor, Lake County Municipal League rep Howard Learner - Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center Arlene Mulder - Arlington Heights Mayor, Northwest Conference of Mayors rep Jorge Ramirez - President, Chicago Federation of Labor Leanne Redden - Senior Deputy Executive Director, RTA Leon Rockingham - North Chicago Mayor, Lake County Council of Mayors rep Maria Rodriquez - Vice-Chair, Lake County Stormwater Management Commission Kathy Ryg - President, Voices for Illinois Children and former state representative Michael Sands - Executive Director, Liberty Prairie Foundation Ann Schneider - Acting Illinois Secretary of Transportation Michael Sturino - President/CEO, Illinois Road & Transportation Builders Association Jerry Weber - President, College of Lake County Doug Whitley - Illinois Chamber of Commerce Suzanne Zupec - Chair, Lake County Transportation Alliance Ex-Officio Members Representative Rita Mayfield, 60th District Representative Sidney Mathias, 53rd District Senator Terry Link, 30th District Senator Suzi Schmidt, 31st District | 
