Longmeadow Parkway opponents say Kane County election results give them momentum

Algonquin village president says opposition “based on absolute falsehoods”

Opponents of the long-planned Longmeadow Parkway project say some of Kane County’s election results have given momentum to their cause, but one Algonquin official said the opposition is based in misinformation.

In a Dundee Township referendum on Tuesday’s ballot, 8,657 voters accounting for 68.5 percent of respondents said they wanted municipal officials to oppose the project. The referendum’s wording mentioned “air, noise and water pollution and negative impacts to property values.”

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