Lake Cook Road Construction Starts April, Headaches for Business Owners
Construction is expected to last until end of October.
Scheduled to start in April, the $9-million construction project on Lake Cook and Waukegan roads on the border of Northbrook and Deerfield will add two extra lanes on Lake Cook Road, two left turn lanes on Waukegan road, 40,000 square-feet of extra sidewalk, utility and roadway improvements, but also headaches for businesses near the two roads, Chicago Tribune Reported. Construction is expected to last until October with one lane open in each direction for the four-lane Lake Cook and Waukegan roads during construction, but Humberto Aguallo, general manager at Boston Blackies in Deerfield, told Chicago Tribune that leaving one lane will be a disaster and he expects the restaurant to see at least a 30 percent loss in business. When the …
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5:43 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
RE: Putting shoppers in the stores Too bad the village wasn't sharp enough to use some of the money to make the area more accessible and welcoming to pedestrians. Oh well, another lost opportunity due to poor planning and a lack of creativity. Can somebody in the village please become more proactive and politically astute with these government projects and use them to our advantage rather than … more ›