Great Lakes - Will County, IL - Bike Trail Plans

The headline calls it a master plan, and the map graphic that accompanied the story in the print editions of the paper (but not online) showed a very ambitious grid of (95% proposed / 5% existing) trails in northwestern Will County, an area known as Homer Glen Township - rapid development occurred during the last decade until the current economic conditions put housebuilding on the back burner. Here's the link to the story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-355-trail-sw-zonejul17,0,7712813.story?obref=obinsite) on the Chicago Trib website. Can you imagine Bike Path Infrastructure?

i recal reading about this when the started the I355 extension. i can imange it. my brother in law lives in Edwardsville, IL and they an amazing bike path infrastructure there. later.

Once the I-355 bikeway gets built, it'll create a nice triangular path that will use the I&M, 355 and the Old Plank. For now, you can basically ride the I&M Canal path from near downtown Joliet (off Columbia St.) all the way to Willow Springs and back to make it a 40 mile ride since Cook co. connected their path to our county's and Will Co. Forest Preserve finally paving the trail from 135th St. north to Cook Co. (I-355) line.

My old man just told me about the I355 bikeway. I can't wait for that. Out here in DuPage County we have the amazing Prairie Path and GWT, both I have yet to ride and probably won't ride as I hate riding on that limestone garbage. I wish everyone would just pave like Cook County does, they have the best trail system I have ever been on.

Hello:
would you,and others outhere,be willing to to pay for bicycle lisense if the money would go towards paving all trails and for building and maintaining them?
i sure would myself.



My old man just told me about the I355 bikeway. I can't wait for that. Out here in DuPage County we have the amazing Prairie Path and GWT, both I have yet to ride and probably won't ride as I hate riding on that limestone garbage. I wish everyone would just pave like Cook County does, they have the best trail system I have ever been on.

Once the I-355 bikeway gets built, it'll create a nice triangular path that will use the I&M, 355 and the Old Plank.
Does anybody know how close the 355 trail is to reality? (Is it designed, funded, contracts let, ground broken??)

...... Out here in DuPage County we have the amazing Prairie Path and GWT, both I have yet to ride and probably won't ride as I hate riding on that limestone garbage. I wish everyone would just pave like Cook County does, they have the best trail system I have ever been on.
I've ridden most of both halves of the GWT, and the limestone surface is well maintained and smooth with minimal ruts and very few potholes. What little bit of limestone grit that got picked up from the few damp spots on the trail cleaned up very easily. My chain picks up a lot of dirt just riding around town on residential streets.