New bike path links Schaumburg, Hanover Park

Residents are now free to take a bike ride, jog or leisurely stroll on a recently completed bike path that hooks up parks in Hanover Park and Schaumburg.

Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig and Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the end of Walnut Lane in Schaumburg, located about 1,000 feet east of Northway Drive.

The 10-foot-wide, milelong stretch officially known as the NGPL Bike Path runs from Ranger Park at Kingsbury Drive in Hanover Park to Atcher Park and an existing path just north of the DuPage River.

It also provides access to both Anne Fox and Jane Addams schools.

Hanover Park served as lead agency and received an 80 percent federal grant for project costs, which officials estimate totaled about $330,000.

Of the remaining 20 percent, Hanover Park paid 86 percent with Schaumburg chipping in the remaining 14 percent.

Martam Construction Inc. in Elgin was the contractor on the path, which runs along the right-of-way owned by the Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.