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Christopher Wilson
10/8/2026 12:20 PM
This will be really nice.  It's already possible to ride the northern 2/3 of this old railroad ROW, but it's pretty rough with stones and weeds. I ride and/or walk it occasionally, because it's very pretty, and convenient.
 
I hope that CDOT/CParkD do not plan to spend gobs of bike-route money on replacing the prefectly serviceable bridges (which were designed to carry railroad cars and locomotives weighing 50+ tons, and so would still be fine for CDOT/CParkD light trucks).  (The main beneficiaries of replacing/raising the bridge over Peterson Ave. would be trucking interests, who should pay for it if they want it.)  Chicago severely overspent on the 606 Bloomingdale (rails-to-)Trail bridge-raising extravaganza.
 
I also see no need to replace the at-grade crossing at Pulaski & Granville with an expensive bridge.  Chicago should save money for more/other bike/ped projects.
 
https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/sites/livable-streets-chicago/pdfs/weber-spur-trail/CDOT-Weber-Spur-Trail-Flyer-20261014.pdf
 
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Alan Cubbage
10/8/2026 9:43 AM
Definitely good news. It would link to the existing, but little-used, stretch of trail from Devon north to Touhy in Lincolnwood. That starts on the south side of Touhy just a little west of the North Shore Channel Trail. So when this new portion gets built it would provide an almost-all-trails route from the Evanston Ecology Center to the North Branch Trail near where it ends at Foster (and actually go a bit farther south). Plus a new route to Superdawg!

Al



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Earl Strassberger
10/8/2026 9:19 AM
This looks like good news. I plan to ride to the meeting.

Earl

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