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  1. September 17, 2026Rookie cop began her first shift at 6 p.m. Six hours later, she delivered a baby. Daily Herald. A Grayslake officer delivers a baby while a freight train holds up the ambulance. Also covered by the Chicago Tribune.
  2. June 19, 2026Improving pedestrian safety at Grayslake’s railroad crossings. Daily Herald column. Former state Sen. Melinda Bush calls for faster safety upgrades at the Lake Street and Center Street crossings, with a Route 120 grade separation as the longer-term fix.
  3. September 7, 2025Billions for a Route 120 bypass in Lake County? Some residents warn it’s a pricey ‘pie in the sky’. Daily Herald. Barbara Klipp warns the bypass would cut through protected natural areas.
  4. April 24, 2025Why Lake County forest preserves wants to take lead on Route 53 corridor property and planning. Daily Herald.
  5. February 11, 2025NBC 5 Investigates: Money for nothing, the Northwest tollway to nowhere. NBC 5 Chicago. Tallies roughly $87 million the state spent planning the Route 53 extension, including $54.3 million for land, and notes the greenway now under consideration.
  6. June 23, 2024With money to plan greenway, what’s next for defunct Route 53 extension, and should IDOT get paid?. Daily Herald. Barbara Klipp describes the greenway as an urban wildlife corridor and nature trail.
  7. June 6, 2024Lake County leaders celebrate as legislature approves funding to plan for popular greenway. Openlands. Credits the Green Corridor Coalition and MSG.
  8. April 22, 2024What do you foresee for Route 120? Public comment sought on 9-mile stretch from Volo to Grayslake. Daily Herald.
  9. March 5, 2024Regional public safety facility pitched for former Route 53 extension property. Daily Herald. Barbara Klipp urges that any use of corridor land be weighed in the greenway planning process rather than carved off first.
  10. February 2024Governor Pritzker backs planning for iconic Lake County ‘Greenway’. Sierra Club Illinois. Includes a statement from Barbara Klipp.
  11. March 16, 2023Rte. 53 extension proposal gets turned into a greenway project instead. Streetsblog Chicago.
  12. March 14, 2023‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Lake board supports greenway for Route 53 corridor. Daily Herald.
  13. December 16, 2022Route 53 task force gives green light to greenway as IDOT demurs. Daily Herald.
  14. July 9, 2021No Route 53 extension? How about a greenway in Chicago’s northern suburbs? Chicago Tribune editorial. The editorial board backs the greenway push by Lake County conservationists and officials, calling it the obvious use for the 1,100 acres. A decision that should take “no more than, say, 17 minutes.”

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From our archive

  1. July 12, 2019Tollway stops the Rt. 53/120 project, again
  2. January 22, 2019Creating a better vision for transportation in Lake County
  3. November 21, 2018Honoring George Ranney with Lifetime Achievement
  4. September 27, 2018Our first Environmental Awards
  5. August 3, 2018Rt. 53 shenanigans