Consultants working on a study of the Cedar Road corridor between U.S. Highway 6 and Laraway Road outlined their procedures at a joint work session of the New Lenox Village Board and the New Lenox Plan Commission on Monday night.
Cedar Road has been a focus for traffic strategy sessions because it is the major north-south thoroughfare in the village.
Village officials said they want to prevent the increased traffic created by population growth from developing into gridlock.
Traffic is one worry for growing towns such as New Lenox, and maintaining character is another.
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Consultant Robert DuBoe said land use would be part of the study: “You can’t look at traffic and traffic needs without understanding the land use that drives them.”