Fight over proposed gas station in Mundelein isn't over
A Thorntons gas station could replace the restaurant at the northeast corner of routes 45 and 176 in Mundelein.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2020
Updated 4/30/2021 5:35 PM
Despite rejection from Mundelein's planning and zoning commission last month, the fight over a proposed Thornton's gas station on the village's north side isn't over.
At Monday's village board meeting, residents and two trustees objected to a request from the would-be developers to merge two adjoining properties near routes 45 and 176 into a single, 2.8-acre parcel, one of the steps needed to make the business a reality.
The measure eventually passed, but only after impassioned pleas to stop the project and accusations of, as resident Sara J.W. Larkin put it, "a railroad job with more concern for big business than for the consequences to village residents."