HomeMy WebLinkAboutCAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS - 11/04/1997 - \ CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE
November 4, 1997
7.•00 P.M.
Members Present: Trustee Feichter, Chairman
Trustee Dill
Trustee Petri
Staff Present: G. Parrin, village Manager _
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COSMAN ROAD SIDEWALK
The Village Manager advised the Committee that the Cook County
Forest Preserve District indicated their willingness to permit the
installation of an eight foot wide asphalt bicycle path on the north
side of Cosman Road from the existing Forest Preserve bicycle path
at the Cosman bend to Winston Drive.
The need for the path involved concerns for walkers, cyclists,
rollerbladers and skateboarders who were required to use the street
pavement due to the lack of an off-street pedestrian route.
Trustee Feichter indicated that he jogged in this area and felt that
safety was compromised due to the lack of an off-street path. The
need for such an off-street path however, did not appear to be that
great. Trustees Petri and Dill agreed that they did not see the
need for the path.
Trustee Dill asked if the request for the path was in response to
concerns transmitted to the Village. Trustee Feichter advised that
the pedestrian path at this location was one of the Village
Presidents' top priorities. Trustee Dill indicated that the
Committee had to make a determination based on its own knowledge of
the need.
After further review, the Committee unanimously recommended that the
off-street pedestrian path not be constructed.
ROHLWING ROAD SIDEWALK
Trustee Petri recommended that the proposed sidewalk on the east
side of Rohlwing Road between Biesterfield and Woodland Meadow Park
be changed to asphalt. The estimated cost for an asphalt path was
estimated to be fifty percent (500) of the cost of a concrete path
or approximately $17, 500.
The Committee unanimously recommended that the sidewalk material be
changed to asphalt at this location.
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