Swami:
I've read you and Drive Time making fun of road projects that go on and on, like the one at Sunset and Delany. Did you notice that they've finally finished the construction at Route 137 and Butterfield in Libertyville by Sunset Foods? I think that one started when Clinton was in office.
Liberated in Libertyville
Dear Lib:
Do you believe in miracles? Yes! According to the Lake County Division of Transportation, the final stage of improvements to Butterfield Road -- including the final paving at Route 137 -- "is now completed." Area motorists won't know what to do without all the orange barrels, which have become like family over the last two to 10 years.
For the official record, the $36 million widening of Butterfield all the way from Route 45 in Mundelein/Vernon Hills to Route 137 in Libertyville started in 1998, so even though you were joking with the Clinton thing, you were dangerously close to being literal. However, the specific intersection work you refer to, according to the county anyway, has only been going on since November 2006.
Ah, November 2006. Such a long, long time ago. Think about it. Donald Rumsfeld was still your Secretary of Defense (though he would resign that month). Saddam Hussein was still alive and kicking (he would be executed the following month). November 2006 is when the Chicago Cubs signed Alfonso Soriano for $136 million, and your top movies at the box office included "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
It was when the Bears were the best team in the NFC, on the road to Super Bowl XLI.
In other words, if it seems like this was one operation that dragged on for a while, that's only because it was.
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