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Bartlett resident urges DuPage County to add Stearns Road bike trail, link to Western Access

2846230 · April 2, 2025
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Summary

A Bartlett bicyclist urged the DuPage County Transportation Committee to support a trail along Stearns Road and to include dedicated bicycle access into the Western Access/Elgin–O’Hare work, citing safety and commuter benefits.

Terry Witt, a bicycle rider from Bartlett, told the DuPage County Transportation Committee on April 1 that residents have waited years for a trail along Stearns Road to connect both halves of the community and link to a broader regional network.

Witt said the county and committee staff recently applied for a grant to build the Stearns Road trail and asked the committee to back extending a bicycle facility into Western Access, the Elgin–O’Hare…

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