DuPage Trails in 2017 Sidney Kenyon, Senior Transportation Planner
What We Do
Responsibilities Permitting Maintenance Sid Kenyon Senior Planner and coordination Funding source identification Public engagement Trail policy making Dave Furey Permits Supervisor Operative gatekeeper Permitting events and installations Enforcement of trail policies Operations coordination John Gavurnik Maintenance Supervisor Physical upkeep Vegetation maintenance Path maintenance Identifying enforcement issues Engineering Contracting Design Programs Adopt a Trail Eagle Scouts Trees for Trails
Responsibilities Permitting Maintenance Sid Kenyon Senior Planner and and coordination Funding Funding source source identification Public Public engagement Trail Trail policy policy making making Dave Furey Permits Supervisor Operative gatekeeper Permitting events and installations Enforcement of trail policies Operations coordination John Gavurnik Maintenance Supervisor Physical upkeep Vegetation maintenance Path maintenance Identifying enforcement issues Engineering Contracting Design Programs Adopt a Trail Eagle Scouts Trees for Trails
Responsibilities Permitting Maintenance Sid Kenyon Senior Planner and coordination Funding source identification Public engagement Trail policy making Dave Furey Permits Supervisor Operative gatekeeper Permitting events and installations Enforcement of trail policies Operations coordination John Gavurnik Maintenance Supervisor Physical upkeep Vegetation maintenance Path maintenance Identifying enforcement issues Engineering Contracting Design Programs Adopt a Trail Eagle Scouts Trees for Trails
Responsibilities Permitting Maintenance Sid Kenyon Senior Planner and and coordination Funding Funding source source identification Public Public engagement Trail Trail policy policy making making Dave Furey Permits Supervisor Operative gatekeeper Permitting events and installations Enforcement of trail policies Operations coordination John Gavurnik Maintenance Supervisor Physical upkeep Vegetation maintenance Path maintenance Identifying enforcement issues Engineering Contracting Design Programs Adopt a Trail Eagle Scouts Trees for Trails
Responsibilities Permitting Maintenance Sid Kenyon Senior Planner and and coordination Funding Funding source source identification Public Public engagement Trail Trail policy policy making making Dave Furey Permits Supervisor Operative gatekeeper Permitting events and installations Enforcement of trail policies Operations coordination John Gavurnik Maintenance Supervisor Physical upkeep Vegetation maintenance Path maintenance Identifying enforcement issues Engineering Contracting Design Programs Adopt a Trail Eagle Scouts Trees for Trails
Responsibilities Permitting Maintenance Sid Kenyon Senior Planner and and coordination Funding Funding source source identification Public Public engagement Trail Trail policy policy making making Dave Furey Permits Supervisor Operative gatekeeper Permitting events and installations Enforcement of trail policies Operations coordination John Gavurnik Maintenance Supervisor Physical upkeep Vegetation maintenance Path maintenance Identifying enforcement issues Engineering Contracting Design Programs Adopt a Trail Eagle Scouts Trees for Trails
Accomplishments
Overview IL Route 390 Bikeway West DuPage Woods Trail Winfield Connector WBDRT at Roosevelt Winfield Mounds Trail GWT Extension Gary Avenue Trail IPP at NCDRT TODAY
Winfield Connector Opening 2018 Connects County complex to Beecher St. in Winfield Intended to open up complex to Winfield Metra Broke ground this summer Total journey: 4,100 feet Expected cost: $800,000
Gary Avenue Trail Opening 2019 West side of Gary Avenue 3-mile trail Great Western Trail to Army Trail Rd Phase 2 Two RR crossings Multiple bus shelters Projected cost: $1.7M
IL Route 390 Bikeway Open! York to Pierce Follows North/South Thorndale Accompanied by Elgin-O Hare Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan
Great Western Trail Extension Opening 2018 1-mile trail extension IPP Elgin Branch to Sassafras Dr. Maximizing County s right of way Phase 2 Projected cost: $400,000
IPP at NCDRT Goal: 2020 Forest Preserve-led project Connection to North-Central DuPage Path from Kane to Busse Woods Moving into Phase 2 Awarded STP funding Estimated Cost: $1.6M
WBDRT at Roosevelt Goal: 2020 Forest Preserve-led project Bridge and trail through W. Chicago Connects Blackwell to West DuPage Woods Phase 1 Awarded TAP-L funding in 2017
DuPage Trails App Online Now! New mapping software Showcases destinations and amenities along County path system Links with routing applications Free and available to the public
Moorings Bridge Dedication June 2017 Celebrating the Moorings enduring contributions to the Prairie Path Coordinated with Chairman s Annual Bike to Work IPP Bridge over East Branch