The Village of Peoria Heights will host a public meeting seeking community input regarding its active transportation infrastructure from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27 at Village Hall, 4901 N. Prospect Road.
“Active transportation” refers to bicycle, pedestrian and other types of human-powered, non-motorized ways to move people and goods around the community. The purpose of this meeting is to brainstorm how best to meet the active transportation needs of Peoria Heights and to expand and improve the existing options.
The public meeting is part of an Active Transportation Plan initiated earlier this spring by the Village and the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission (TCRPC). The project is supported by funding from TCRPC’s Special Transportation Studies grant, along with a 20 percent matching contribution from the Village of Peoria Heights.
The Village and TCRPC have hired the consulting firm Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects of Alexandria, Va. to work with the Village to develop the plan. The Village has formed a planning committee comprised of representatives of a cross section of the community including residents, business owners, the Peoria Park District and the Heights Board of Trustees.
Interested stakeholders and community members are encouraged to attend and provide their input. That feedback will help the consultant and committee to identify desired destinations and routes for non-motorized transportation in the Village as well as barriers that limit such travel.
In addition to the public meeting on June 27, interested parties may access a questionnaire that will help provide guidance to the project planning team. A link to that questionnaire will be forthcoming. A finalized plan that will identify priorities and funding and provide a roadmap for implementation should be ready in December 2024.
For more information, please contact Heights Community Development Director Wayne Aldrich at waldrich@f-w.com.
