Greene Valley Trail Link ribbon-cutting Tuesday, Oct. 18

WHO:

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

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Board of Commissioners

Lisle Township Highway Commissioner Michael Dow

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, the Naperville Park District and the Lisle Township Highway Department to celebrate the Greene Valley Trail Link ribbon cutting.

This new 1,500-foot trail connection links the Greene Valley Forest Preserve and a neighborhood bike path, which ends at 79th Street and Yackley Avenue in Naperville. Previously, neighborhood users traveled down 79th Street, a two-lane township road without shoulders or sidewalks, to reach the Greene Valley trail system.

The new trail link offers access to a much wider trail network, as Greene Valley's existing 11-mile trail system is connected to the Southern DuPage Regional Trail, which runs east-west from Burr Ridge and Hinsdale to Aurora, and will be part of the planned East Branch DuPage River Trail, which is slated to run north-south from Bloomingdale to Woodridge and into Will County when complete.

All four agencies in the intergovernmental agreement made equal monetary contributions to this project. In addition, the Forest Preserve District and Commonwealth Edison Company approved a lease agreement to permit trail construction across ComEd property that runs through Greene Valley.

WHEN:

1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18

WHERE:

Greene Valley Forest Preserve. Parking is available along Thunderbird Road, located off 79th Street.