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| Geneva Spur nears completion | |
| Mar 20, 1996 | |
| Jean C. Mooring, Editor | |
| IPP Newsletter | |
| Pertains to IPP - Geneva Spur, Winfield, West Chicago, Geneva | |
| A thirty-year dream of May Theilgaard Watts and the other Illinois Prairie Path founders will come true this year. The DuPage County Division of Transportation is making every effort to finish the final link in the nine-mile-long Geneva Spur by June first, in time for the National Trails Day celebration. The almost two-mile connecting section runs west from County Farm Road on the south side of Geneva Road to Winfield Road, where it crosses at the light and then runs south along the west side of Winfield Road 600 feet, at which point it turns west and winds through Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve to the new bridge over the West Branch of the DuPage River. West of the river it turns south and continues to the right-of-way of the old Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railway, and then heads west to Lake Drive. There it connects to the already-built sections of the trail through the City of West Chicago, the West Chicago Prairie Forest Preserve, the DuPage County Airport, and the City of Geneva in Kane County, where the Prairie Path joins the Fox River Trail system. Many people will agree that the IPP Geneva Spur is the most scenic and interesting multipurpose trail built in DuPage and Kane Counties since the major parts of the Illinois Prairie Path and the Fox River Trail were completed. This trail boasts rivers, forests, parks, and a tall-grass prairie plus a spectacular award-winning bridge, two historic cities and a modern airport. To build a great trail like the IPP Geneva Spur takes two things: leadership and cooperation. The leadership has been provided by Jack T. Knuepfer, former chairman of the DuPage County Board, and by the DuPage County Division of Transportation, together with the Kane County Forest Preserve District. Cooperating agencies include the City of West Chicago, the DuPage County Airport Authority, the City of Geneva and Geneva Park District, the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, Geneva Township, and private entities such as Commonwealth Edison Company and Good Templar Park in Geneva. Our heartfelt thanks to all for a magnificent achievement! |
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