SUGAR GROVE – With the Prairie Parkway likely destined for a future as a footnote in local history books, local governments along Route 47 from Kane to Grundy counties have begun competing to claim a share of the tens of millions of transportation dollars from the controversial highway project.

Locally, officials in Sugar Grove believe they have a strong case to steer money toward the interstate interchange at the village’s north end.

“We know that there are other projects out there,” said Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels. “But with all the upsides that our project here will give immediately, we think there are few others that are going to give this kind of bang for the buck.”