Billions for a Route 120 bypass in Lake County? Some residents warn it’s a pricey ‘pie in the sky’

Traffic backs up at routes 120 and 83 Thursday in Grayslake. The state is studying how to fix congestion on Route 120 but a bypass proposition concerns local stakeholders. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com

There’s little disagreement among Lake County residents that Route 120 is fraught with time-wasting, crash-causing gridlock.

That’s why local and state officials have spent decades seeking a solution with limited results.

But a new state study is off to a rocky start, with some stakeholders dismayed that a Route 120 bypass idea, which they consider counter-productive, has surfaced in discussions.

“The idea of a Route 120 bypass has been studied for many years and consensus has remained out of reach,” current Grayslake Mayor Elizabeth Davies said. “That is largely because the impacts