| Hello Greens, Thought you might be interested: Chicago Heights may revive plan to extend Old Plank Road Trail eastIt could be the final link of a bike trail extending from downtown Joliet to downtown ChicagoChicago Heights
is hoping to revive a years-old plan to extend the Old Plank Road Trail
eastward, eventually providing what could be the final link of a bike
trail extending from downtown Joliet to downtown Chicago. "I don't think it's safe ... and we can't afford to put a police officer out there," said Ald. Joseph Faso (4th). Faso was the lone vote against the agreement. "It goes through one of the roughest areas of town, [but] I am not concerned with safety," said resident Mike Petrowski, a path supporter. "It's going to be pretty open. It's not like people are going to be hiding in the bushes and coming at you." It took 20 years to plan and build the Old Plank Trail, which runs from Joliet to southern Cook County, before it was finally dedicated in 1997. During those planning years, many residents along the trail also had concerns that the trail would attract crime, but soon dropped them when they realized it was an asset to adjoining communities, officials said. // =================================================== \\ "The greatest threat to democracy is an apathetic citizenry" – Anna Stange,Folksinger and Green Party activist.
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