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West Branch Riverway Trail groundbreaking Sept. 27

Posted September 25, 2011 11:00 pm

City of Naperville

WHO:

Illinois Congressman Peter Roskam

Illinois State Representative Michael Connelly, 48th District (invited)

Illinois State Representative Darlene Senger, 96th District (invited)

DuPage County District 5 Board members (invited)

Former DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County President D. “Dewey” Pierotti Jr.

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Board of Commissioners

City of Naperville Mayor A. George Pradel

Naperville City Council members

Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners President Mike Reilly

Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners

Naperville residents

WHAT:

The public is invited to join representatives from the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County,

the City of Naperville and the Naperville Park District to celebrate the groundbreaking of the West Branch Riverway Trail.

The new portion will extend the West Branch Riverway Trail north from Wil-O-Way Commons on Jefferson Avenue to just north of Ogden Avenue, where it will join an existing trail system in McDowell Grove Forest Preserve. The 0.9-mile paved trail extension will proceed through a new railroad underpass north of Wil-O-Way Commons and also through a new underpass at Ogden Avenue. Construction is slated for completion in 2012.

This trail will serve as a significant connection in the 23-mile West Branch Regional Trail, a north-south trail system extending from Hanover Park to Will County. The West Branch Riverway Trail furthers the mission of the 1992 West Branch Naperville Riverway Project Agreement, which was to create a recreational public walkway throughout Naperville along sections of the West Branch of the DuPage River. Together, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, the City and the Naperville Park District work to maintain existing trail segments and construct new ones.

WHEN:

1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27

WHERE:

Wil-O-Way Commons, 1071 W. Jefferson Ave. Parking for the groundbreaking will be available

along Jefferson Avenue and on side streets in adjacent residential neighborhoods. The event will take place on the north side of Jefferson Avenue just west of the Jefferson Avenue Bridge.

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