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| Busse Woods Overpass | |
| Oct 1, 2009 | |
| The Elk Grove Villager | |
| Pertains to Salt Creek Greenway, Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg, Rolling Meadows | |
| The Village Board is thrilled to announce the Federal Highway Administration has awarded the Village a grant to begin preliminary planning of a Bike Bridge over Illinois Route 72 (Higgins Road) at I-290 in the amount of $444,600.00. The funds will be used to design and engineer a bicycle bridge over Higgins Road to connect the north and south sections of the Busse Woods 11.2 mile bike path. This money will not go towards construction. The existing bike path crosses six lanes of traffic at the intersection of Higgins Road as well as two ramps from Interstate 290. The proposed construction of a bicycle overpass would allow patrons of Busse Woods to cross Higgins Road avoiding the roughly 40,000 motorists a day that travel this busy stretch of roadway. The bicycle overpass will be used for both commuter and recreational purposes and is interconnected with adjacent regional pathways. The Busse Woods trail system links users of the Illinois Prairie Path and the Fox River Trail systems and generates more visitors than Yellowstone National Park annually. |
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