If you want a $2.9 billion environmentally friendly parkway with a speed limit of 45 mph, you need to chip in for the cost, was the message to Lake County folks backing an extension of Route 53 from Illinois tollway officials. Tollway Director and Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner likened the situation to buying a new car where “besides the base model, you want a sun roof and sound system but in the end, you don’t want to pay for those options.”

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