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  • Accidents create need for changes at Gurnee tollway exit

    01/28/2017 10:15:55 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 15 replies
    The Chicago Daily Herald ^ | January 23, 2017 | Bob Susnjara
    Bill Bertram frequently felt uneasy as cars whizzed past while he waited in traffic to reach the Tri-State Tollway's Grand Avenue exit ramp in Gurnee in the months after a $19.4 million reconstruction project was completed in 2015. Thoughts of being a sitting duck for a rear-end crash crossed his mind. Still, the 59-year-old Round Lake Beach resident said, driving north on the tollway to the westbound exit ramp was the most efficient option to head home from his Evanston job. On Nov. 16, at about 5:15 p.m., the rear-end crash he worried about happened. Bertram was stuck in a...
  • Gurnee off smoke-free bandwagon

    09/18/2006 8:44:57 AM PDT · by sistergoldenhair · 23 replies · 653+ views
    Lake County News-Sun ^ | 18 SEP 06 | Jim Newton
    It doesn't appear likely that Gurnee is going to get with the Tobacco Free Lake County program anytime soon. "We're not jumping on the bandwagon," Mayor Kristina Kovarik said. Kovarick said she views the issue as something that should be dealt with by the private sector, as opposed to being regulated by government. "Where does it end, the legislation?" she said. "It is a health risk, but people have a choice which restaurants to go to. I'm surprised more private businesses haven't done the right thing." Kovarick also noted that officials have heard from very few residents in favor of...