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Lake Bluff committee urges board to expedite longer ban on gas leaf blowers; study on electric feasibility remains pending
Summary
Committee members pressed the Village Board to move from the current May 15–Sept. 30 restriction toward a nine-month ban and, ultimately, year-round restrictions, while a commissioned regional study on year-round electric leaf blower feasibility continues.
Members of the Village of Lake Bluff Sustainability & Community Enhancement Committee pressed the village board Oct. 21 to accelerate a longer restriction on gas-powered leaf blowers, arguing the village should move from its current May 15–Sept. 30 restriction to a nine-month ban and plan to extend to a year-round prohibition as soon as reasonably possible.
Committee members said several North Shore communities have already adopted nine-month bans and asked the village board to enact the same step now rather than wait for the…
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