Rob Roy will not take over streets, alderman says

Residents of Rob Roy Country Club Villas are upset about a recent report that their association board will seek a legal opinion on taking over streets now owned by the city of Prospect Heights, Ward 2 Alderman John Styler said Monday.

Styler said at Monday’s city council meeting that Rob Roy never will take over city streets, but association officials told him the idea put forth in a community newsletter was suggested by Mayor Dolly Vole.

City voters recently approved a $15 million bond issue to improve streets, and Styler, who lives in Rob Roy, said if the community owned its streets, residents would pay for the bonds as well as for their own street improvements.

“It would be ludicrous to think we should opt out of the benefits afforded us by this road bond,” he said.

Vole said after the meeting she had suggested Rob Roy might want to take over the streets after the city rebuilt them if the community was concerned about the city’s ability to maintain them.

“Many Rob Roy cul-de-sacs will be redone with the bond issue because they have some of the worst streets in the city,” she said. “It could be an option once the roads have been improved and they get a brand-new street.”

Streets will be improved according to how they are rated in an engineering study, Vole said.

Residents can get an idea which streets will have priority from a previous study, she said, and the bond funds will be used in all areas of the city.