Voters Slam Governor, Mayor for Wanting to Spend $15 Million to Endanger Bicyclists & Pedestrians on Illinois Prairie Path
Press Conference & 15-Minute Bus Tour of Illinois Prairie Path in Hillside Asian Media USA © Hillside IL: Voters are outraged that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Hillside Mayor Joe Tamburino want to spend about $15 million state taxes to make the Illinois Prairie Path more dangerous for bicyclists and pedestrians than it is today! Instead, voters want far safer and less costly solutions to fix the Path, possibly saving Illinois taxpayers $14 million. Read the Hillside Neighbors “Prairie Path Plan“ at www.hillsideneighbors.com. Also, voters want Pritzker to build a Prairie Path bridge over Mannheim Rd. at Warren Ave. between Hillside and Bellwood for maximum safety. Other villages have built bridges like this over busy roads for pathways. To pay for the bridge, voters want Pritzker to shut down a controversial state project in Hillside that was never built and reassign its $2 million state grant. The Illinois Prairie Path was created in 1963 as the first rails-to-trails conversion in North America. A recreational path for walking and bicycling, the Path extends 60 miles from Maywood (east) to Geneva (west.) Where the Path crosses Mannheim Rd. at either the Mannheim Rd./Washington St. or Mannheim Rd./Madison St. intersections, users face dangerous, fast-moving trucks and vehicles turning from all directions. The […]
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