A preliminary map for a bicycle-path network in New Lenox has been sketched, a village planner announced last week.
The next step in the process involves meeting with officials from the Will County Forest Preserve District and the New Lenox Park District, Robin Ellis, a planning and development administrator for the village, said.
Possible bicycle-path locations should be coordinated with the Park District’s long-term park development plan, Ellis said.
Village officials want developers to include open space and bicycle-path locations in their plans, she said.
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A path network will make it easier for children to get to parks without cutting through homeowners’ yards, Trustee Annette Bowden said. “You have to make it easy to access [parks] without trespassing on private property,” she said.