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Village expected to join transportation program
The Village Board will approve joining the Ride in Kane program at Tuesday’s meeting, Village President James Willey said after hearing a presentation on the subsidized transportation service at Monday night’s Village Board meeting.
“Sure, we’ll pass it. I don’t think there’s any question about that,” Willey said. He would not guess, though, how much money the village will commit to the program. Other towns have pledged between $10,000 and $90,000.
Ride in Kane is a centralized call center that will schedule free or discounted rides for disabled or low-income residents in participating communities. Residents can begin scheduling rides Jan. 25, with service beginning Feb. 15, said Lynn O’Shea, chairman of the Kane County Paratransit Coordinating Council.
Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, Elgin, Hampshire and a coalition that includes Carpentersville, East Dundee, West Dundee and Sleepy Hollow have already signed up.
“If Elburn passes it, the village will have its first-ever quasi-public transportation,” O’Shea said.
Ride in Kane will use buses, taxis and other service providers to provide door-to-door transportation for its users. Each member community will decide whether users should get free rides, pay a $4 flat fee per ride or pay $3 for the first 10 miles, then $1.50 extra per mile.
Disabled residents will be able to take Ride in Kane anywhere they want, including to restaurants, theaters or friends’ homes. Low-income residents will be able to take it to and from work or work-related activities, such as training classes or child care. Federal grants from the Job Access Reverse Commute and New Freedom Initiative programs will fund $2.4 million of Ride in Kane’s $4.1 million budget.
Rides will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
— Denise Linke
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GLEN ELLYN
Trustees approve plan for new town homes
Trustees approved plans Monday for a 20-unit town-home development just west of downtown Glen Ellyn.
Irongate Development LLC received approval to build the town homes on a 1.13-acre site at 350 Duane St., just east of Lorraine Street. To make way for the town homes, Irongate will raze a 13,620-square-foot light industrial building on the property that was built in 1953.
Irongate initially had proposed 24 townhouses for the site when the plans were brought before the Plan Commission last February. Now, the project will contain four buildings, each with five townhouses.
— Bob Goldsborough