COOK COUNTY LAKE COOK ROAD
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
Honorable Toni Preckwinkle, President
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Jennifer “Sis” Killen, Superintendent
Department of Transportation & Highways
ALERT:
Lake Cook Road has been reduced to one lane eastbound from Raupp Boulevard to Hastings Lane.
Starting May 14, 2021, westbound Lake Cook Road from Hastings Lane to Raupp Boulevard will be reduced to one lane.
Expect delays and be alert when driving through the work zone.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways (DOTH) goes beyond transportation; accelerating economic growth and fostering thriving communities by promoting and investing in our region.
With this mission in mind, the Cook County DOTH is leading the effort to deliver the Cook County Lake Cook Road Reconstruction Project.
Marking the border between Cook and Lake Counties, Lake Cook Road is a major east-west corridor serving several communities and over 40,000 daily vehicle trips.
Currently, automobile traffic congestion and safety issues for both pedestrians and cyclists have guided Cook County DOTH’s plans for upgrading the Lake Cook Road corridor between Hastings Lane in Wheeling and Raupp Boulevard in Buffalo Grove.
The project will widen this heavily traveled corridor, adding one lane in each direction and dedicated turn lanes at each intersection. Additional improvements will occur along Buffalo Grove Road, McHenry Road (IL-83) and Weiland Road as part of this project. A detailed map of the project area below provides an overall view of the project area.
The Cook County Lake Cook Road Reconstruction Project will provide:
IMPROVEMENTS
The following renderings show a 3-D view of the proposed improvements at key intersections along the corridor for the Cook County Lake Cook Road Reconstruction Project. Click each thumbnail to see the renderings in full screen view.
Typical section of Lake Cook Road facing east, just west of Lexington Drive with the noise abatement wall located on the north and south side of the roadway.
Noise abatement walls located on the north and south side of Lake Cook Road, just west of Lexington Drive.
Typical cross section of the roadway at the Lake Cook Road and IL-83 (McHenry Road) intersection.
Typical cross section of the roadway at the Lake Cook Road intersections of Buffalo Grove Road and Weiland Road.
PROJECT FUNDING
The significance of this project is highlighted
in Cook County's 2019-2024 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program, as a critical expansion project. The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways is working with partners in the public and private sector to be good stewards of public funds
and minimize use of Cook County resident
tax dollars.
PROJECT LOCATION MAP
PROJECT PARTNERS
Cook County Department of
Transportation and Highways
Lake County Division of
Transportation
Village of
Buffalo Grove
Village of
Wheeling