ICC: Stop ComEd on Prairie Path

I would like to thank the cities of Wheaton and West Chicago for their ongoing efforts to protect the trees and trails from ComEd and their contractor, Asplundh. The proclamation they passed at their recent meetings petitions the Illinois Commerce Commission to hold a public hearing on these important matters.

I encourage all residents who want their trees and trails protected from ComEd and Asplundh to contact the ICC to file a complaint at the ICC's Web site, icc.illinois.gov/consumer/complaint/wizard.aspx. I also ask that you contact your elected officials to ask them to pass similar proclamations.

I am joining DuPage County Board Members Rita Gonzalez and Tony Michelassi in asking again that ComEd suspend any further trimming of the trees in DuPage County until the ICC meets in a public hearing about the many thousands of trees already damaged. I agree with Rita's and Tony's concerns that the ICC has the power to stop this damage and plans by ComEd to wipe out all the trees and bushes along stretches of both the Illinois Prairie Path and Great Western Trail and use herbicides to stop them from growing.

These plans are extreme, and the planned use of herbicides across such a large area of heavily populated and used trails is unprecedented. We need the ICC to ensure the public's health and best interests are protected before any trees, bushes and wildlife habitats are removed and sprayed with herbicides.

Dirk Enger

Winfield

DuPage County Board member, District 6