Lake County transportation projects
An agency may describe its need as a strip, corner, or easement. The real impact can reach your driveway, parking, home, business, drainage, or future development rights. Cacciatore Law Group works to protect both the property acquired and the value that remains.
Why owners contact us
Lake County projects affect lakefront homes, retail corridors, employment centers, farms, and development land. Cacciatore Law Group builds the owner's case around the property's actual market and use. We investigate access, visibility, circulation, drainage, setbacks, parcel shape, and development yield rather than allowing compensation to be reduced to a price per square foot.
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A roundabout, median, turn restriction, grade change, or reconstructed driveway can make a property harder to reach or use. Owners should know whether access remains full, how stormwater and construction limits affect the site, and what evidence supports damage to the remainder.
Active projects and owner concerns
Lake County announced about 30 projects for the 2026 construction season, including work continuing from 2025 and several new intersection projects.
Continuing construction in 2026
Lake County identifies the Arlington Heights Road reconstruction as a carryover project continuing through the 2026 season. Corridor reconstruction can combine pavement, signals, drainage, paths, and staged traffic control.
Owners along a reconstruction corridor should track final driveway geometry, temporary access, utility conflicts, and changes in elevation at the property line.
Continuing intersection construction
The intersection improvement is another major project continuing into 2026. Large intersection work often expands beyond the immediate corners through turn lanes, signal equipment, drainage, and pedestrian facilities.
Corner parcels can face acquisition on more than one frontage, and the combined effect on circulation may be greater than either taking viewed alone.
2026 construction
New roundabouts are scheduled at Russell Road with Kenosha Avenue and Lewis Avenue, and at Deep Lake Road with Depot Street. These projects change intersection geometry and the way adjoining traffic enters and exits.
A roundabout may change turning movements, driveway spacing, sight lines, and access expectations for nearby commercial, residential, or undeveloped land.
Project information checked against the linked public sources on August 18, 2026. Schedules, acquisition limits, and designs can change.
Project and agency sources
The firm assists owners in Waukegan, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Gurnee, Lake Forest, Mundelein, Buffalo Grove, Round Lake, and across Lake County.
Before you sign
The documents should be evaluated as a single acquisition package, with attention to both the land requested and the property that remains.
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