Pictures: North Branch Trail - Extension, Work in Progress

I took a walk today and walked along the construction area for the North Branch Trail extension. It should be a nice trail. These are pictures of the 1st phase construction.

https://goo.gl/photos/qzTjPQmM4jMUxpy17

Tom

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Permalink Reply by Tom Z on March 20, 2016 at 11:12am

Greg,

Thank you... I should have mentioned that.

Tom

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Permalink Reply by Steve G on March 20, 2016 at 4:17pm

This is great! You can get a real feel for the project. Thank you Tom Z!

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Permalink Reply by Tom Z on March 20, 2016 at 5:02pm

Spring is here... Hopefully soon the green will be coming around. It will make this look so much nicer.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Valent on March 22, 2016 at 4:45am

North Branch Trail Second Phase Delayed As Price Tag Soars https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160322/forest-glen/north-branch-t...

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Permalink Reply by Steve G on March 22, 2016 at 6:33am

Ugh. I can't seem to lower my expectations enough for them to be accurate! ;) lol

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Permalink Reply by Bradley on March 22, 2016 at 1:15pm

Thanks for posting this Tom. Very cool. Progress!!

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Permalink Reply by Jim O'Reilly on March 22, 2016 at 3:04pm

Again, this is great, Tom, but the completed trail to Foster and Kostner when Phase II is finally scheduled - so that it can connect to the future bike path at Weber Spur. Only Phase I is currently under construction; Phase II bids were too high again!?!! How long must we wait for completion of a bike path that began its initial discussions in the late 2000s...?

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Permalink Reply by Bradley on March 22, 2016 at 3:22pm

Jim where did you hear that there's a problem with the bids for phase 2?

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Permalink Reply by Greg Valent on March 22, 2016 at 3:40pm

The info about the bids is in the article that I posted the link to. Please check my previous post of 10 hours ago.

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Permalink Reply by Jim O'Reilly on March 23, 2016 at 9:51am

So, according to this link:

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160322/forest-glen/north-branch-t...

---this is the answer?: " It is unclear how long the second part of the phase will now be delayed, officials said."

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Permalink Reply by Tom Z on April 4, 2016 at 4:08pm

I went by the trail this weekend... Nothing major has changed in the last couple of weeks... The biggest thing is more of the cement pillars are completed for the bridge over the train tracks.