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A large crowd of local residents look over maps while attending the public hearing about the proposed Illiana Expressway at Peotone High School in Peotone, IL Tuesday, July 31, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Louis Dockstader, of Lowell, Ind., gets people to sign a petition against development of the proposed Illiana Expressway during the public hearing at Peotone High School in Peotone, IL Tuesday, July 31, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
A large crowd of local residents fills the auditorium at Peotone High School to view a presentation during the public hearing about the proposed Illiana Expressway Tuesday, July 31, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Map shows the eight potential routes of the Illiana Toll Road Tuesday night during a public meeting at Crown Point High School. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Marie Lindeman and her husband moved from Chicago’s Mount Greenwood community to rural Wilmington five years ago to escape the bustle of city life. Now Lindeman, 67, is facing the possibility of a billion-dollar expressway being built in her back yard. “You come out to …