Agreement Renewed to Support Knollwood Traffic Signal

Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65, Lake Bluff Park District and Shields Township have renewed their intergovernmental agreement to financially support the traffic signal and push button crosswalk on Waukegan Road/IL Route 43 at Foster Avenue in Knollwood.

The new agreement formalizes support of the traffic signal through March 2035. Since 2004, each entity has spent a little more than $1,000 a year on the signal.

“It is vital that children and adults who need to cross Waukegan Road have a safe way to do so,” stated District 65 Board of Education President Mark Barry. “Though West School is closed, students still cross at this intersection, mostly on bicycles. And without this traffic signal, school buses would struggle to make turns at this intersection.”

Representatives from both the Lake Buff Park District and Shields Township are also excited to continue the partnership behind this.

“As the Lake Bluff Park District encourages our residents to get out and experience a healthy lifestyle, being able to get across Waukegan Road continues to be very important,” said Park District President Rob Douglass. “For youths who play baseball on the fields at West School Park and their families, passive park users, and all those who need to get from the west side of Waukegan Road to the east side by either foot or bicycle, this stoplight is essential.”

Shields Township Supervisor Cynthia Maloney said, “It was a wonderful experience to meet with the Park District and the School District to explore this agreement. Once we all understood what was at stake, it was clear that continuing the agreement was the most cost-effective, safest and most responsible route.”