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Health & Fitness

Committee Releases Final Draft of Plan to Improve Biking and Walking in Niles

Niles, Ill. (January 14, 2014) – The Village’s ‘Multi-Modal Planning” Steering Committee has been working since April to create a plan to improve walking and biking in the Village. The Steering Committee released a draft plan for pedestrian and bicycle improvements, which is available for viewing at the Niles Public Library as well as on-line on the Village’s web-site:  www.vniles.com. People can review the plan, ask questions, and provide feed-back at one of several venues in the coming weeks, including 1) the Niles Fitness Center on Monday, January 20th between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; 2) Culver School on January 22nd, between 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and 3) the Niles Public Library on Thursday evening, January 23rd between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. 

Volunteers from the Steering Committee that is overseeing this planning project, as well as consultants from Sam Schwartz Engineering, will be available during each of these times to explain the project, answer questions, and take people’s suggestions and feedback to be included in the final document.

The Steering Committee, which is comprised of Niles residents, business owners, and representatives from various community agencies such as PACE and I-DOT, has used a grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to hire the transportation planning firm of Sam Schwartz Engineering to create this draft.  The process has included a wide variety of public-outreach efforts, including the ‘Bike Niles’ event which was held last September.

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The Village wishes to acknowledge the generous funding support that the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has provided and which has made this citizen-based bicycle and pedestrian planning effort possible.   

Please contact Senior Planner Bruce Sylvester, at 847-588-8067 or at bks@vniles.com with questions or suggestions.

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