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| Southland trails link communities to economic opportunities | |
| Jan 1, 2009 | |
| Steve Buchtel, Southland Coordinator steve@activetrans.org | |
| Modeshift | |
| Pertains to I-355 Trail, Homer Glen, Woodridge, Lockport, Lemont, New Lenox | |
| Suburban America is discovering that jobs can be in other towns -heck, in other states-and communities can still compete with job centers by appealing to young urban families and active boomers with quality of life amenities. The second most desired amenity according to the National Association of Homebuilders is trails. Highway access is number one. The towns and agencies along the I-355 extension understand this, evidenced by their work to turn an easement from the Illinois Tollway Authority with the corridor into the Veterans Memorial Trail. The trail runs roughly the length of the extension from Woodridge in DuPage County to New Lenox near Joliet in Will County. This work at the moment is on two different, but complimentary tracks: 1. A trails subcommittee of the I-355 Local Advisory Committee has been deeply involved with the trail's planning from the beginning. They hold the $70,000 raised by the Active Transportation Alliance's (then the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation) Roll the Tollway event in 2007 for the trail's construction. This group is aplying for matching funds to begin preliminary engineering and survey work. The group is also in the final stages of choosing an engineering firm for the project. The group includes: DuPage County, the DuPage County FOrest Preserve, Will County Forest Preserve, Homer Glen, Woodridge, Lockport, and Lemont. The Tollway Authority attends these meetings regularly. 2. This year, a consorteum of towns and agencies including New Lenox, Lemon, Homer Glen, Lockport and Will County formed the I-355 Corridor Planning Consortium to spend a $5,000 ComEd transformation grant to consolidate existing trail plans in and around the I-355 corridor. They hope the work will reveal opportunities to connect a regional trail network, using the Veterans Memorial Trail and the I |
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