Give us your feedback on the Calumet Triangle Planning Study
- SSMMA
- May 1
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 10
Thanks to all the friends of the Calumet Triangle, especially the community members from South Holland, Calumet City, and Lansing, who joined us for our Open House on Saturday, April 26! Your valuable feedback was greatly appreciated.
If you weren't able to join us at the meeting, you still have an opportunity to weigh in on the Calumet Triangle Planning Study and some of its key proposals. Take a look at the documents below that were presented at the Open House, and let us know what you think!
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I’m most looking forward to the trails along the Little Calumet River with the kayak launching points. My only concern with the expanded bike lanes is how will it affect parking,especially on residential streets. Most residential streets are three car widths wide and I have a hard time imagining how will two bike lanes plus the lane of travel plus two parking lanes will reconcile into three car widths wide. As I drive down many streets, I see cars parked on both sides and I don’t see how it will be possible to add a bike lane on each side of the street without removing a parking lane and/or making the street one-way. Neither of which would be fair to…
I'm particularly excited about the North end trail providing a foot/bike path connection under I-94, plus whatever trail connection is indicated E-W across I-94 just north of the I-80 interchange, although I can't envision the logistics of the latter. I would still like to see the proposed trail or a new bike path on the North end connect directly to the Sand Ridge/Shabonna Woods trails on the North side of 159th, but I understand a sidewalk is technically available at 159th to connect them. I am also wondering why there is a gap in the proposed trail at Volbrecht Road/170th/Thorn Creek. Overall, this is exciting for me as a recreational biker and hiker like me since we don't have easy…