Public comment sought on Will County bike plan

Will County is seeking public comments on a proposed county-wide bikeway plan designed to provide alternative transportation and connect communities.

In presenting a draft of the plan to the board of commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Will County recently, Andrew Hawkins, district director of planning and development, said Will is the only county in northeastern Illinois with a comprehensive transportation plan that does not provide for bicycles and pedestrians. That has meant “many missed opportunities” to make critical connections between communities, over streams, bridges and existing trails…Please click here to read Susan DeMar Lafferty’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown. Comments can be left here.