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DuPage county plans 31 mile trail
WOW! Thats a really big trail. I don't know much about the area, but 31
miles is larger than anything I know about down here. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...ck=1&cset=true Ken -- More of my mind dribblings: http://mind-dribble.blogspot.com/ And my homepage: http://kcm-home.tripod.com/ |
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:12:36 -0500, "Ken Marcet"
wrote: WOW! Thats a really big trail. I don't know much about the area, but 31 miles is larger than anything I know about down here. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...ck=1&cset=true Unfortunately the Chicago Tribune site is by subscription only, so I'm guessing most of us won't get to read the article. I don't know where "down here" is, but as a resident of Du Page county (and member of the Naperville Bike Club), I'll believe it when I see it! Talk is cheap in politics. The local pols have been talking about linking one Du Page county trail or another to the Virgil Gilman trail in Kane County for years. Even though the gap between the end of the Wabonsie Creek Trail and the Gilman is about a half mile or so, it still takes a detour of about a mile and a half on a busy road with no shoulders to get from one to the other. Bicycling trails are just not that high a priority around here. jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 |
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"John Everett" wrote in message ... On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:12:36 -0500, "Ken Marcet" wrote: WOW! Thats a really big trail. I don't know much about the area, but 31 miles is larger than anything I know about down here. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...97mar15,1,4097 657.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Unfortunately the Chicago Tribune site is by subscription only, so I'm guessing most of us won't get to read the article. I don't know where "down here" is, but as a resident of Du Page county (and member of the Naperville Bike Club), I'll believe it when I see it! Talk is cheap in politics. The local pols have been talking about linking one Du Page county trail or another to the Virgil Gilman trail in Kane County for years. Even though the gap between the end of the Wabonsie Creek Trail and the Gilman is about a half mile or so, it still takes a detour of about a mile and a half on a busy road with no shoulders to get from one to the other. Bicycling trails are just not that high a priority around here. jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 Well I found that article through google news so you should be able to find it. Down here is Florida. And bike trails down here are very low on the agenda also. Ken |
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"John Everett" wrote in message
... Unfortunately the Chicago Tribune site is by subscription only, so I'm guessing most of us won't get to read the article. http://bugmenot.com/view.php?url=chicagotribune.com -- Scott Ehardt http://www.scehardt.com |
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"Ken Marcet" wrote: WOW! Thats a really big trail. I don't know much about the area, but 31 miles is larger than anything I know about down here. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...ar15,1,4097657 .story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Ken If you haven't been on it, you might find the Prairie Path http://www.ipp.org/GUI/base_map.jpg fun. It's a yooge gigantor loop. i'm lucky enough to live a few hundred meters from the junction of the Prairie Path's Geneva Spur and the Fox River trail http://www.co.kane.il.us/Forest/frtrail.htm. i think highly of them both. There's also Great Western http://www.co.kane.il.us/Forest/frtrail.htm and the afore-mentioned Virgil Gilman. The river trail, is of course, replete with the best stopping points and prettiness. ..max -- blink |
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John Everett wrote:
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:12:36 -0500, "Ken Marcet" wrote: WOW! Thats a really big trail. I don't know much about the area, but 31 miles is larger than anything I know about down here. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...ck=1&cset=true Unfortunately the Chicago Tribune site is by subscription only, so I'm guessing most of us won't get to read the article.1st step taken in creating 31-mile recreation trail Published March 15, 2005 DUPAGE COUNTY -- DuPage officials have approved plans for a 31-mile trail north to south through the center of the county. Last week the county's Environmental Committee accepted preliminary designs for the East Branch DuPage River Greenway Trail. The $99,000 study was paid for through a $74,000 federal grant and $25,000 in county funds. When completed, the new trail will run from Bloomingdale south to Woodridge and meet up with four other regional trails. It will connect 18 schools and universities, including the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and Benedictine University in Lisle, and link to 29 parks, 10 forest preserves and the Morton Arboretum. The project will consist of a combination of off-street trails, on-street bicycle routes and existing bikeways. Construction has been separated into 21 sections that countywide or municipal agencies can build as funding becomes available. -- Craig Holl Mechanical Engineer; New Berlin, WI http://www.midwestroads.com/craigholl/bike *remove all numbers and caps to reply* |
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