Truck Concerns With Planned Burr Ridge Development

BURR RIDGE, IL – A member of Burr Ridge's committee examining a proposed development for an old industrial property worries about the truck traffic.

Bridge Industrial's traffic study estimates 300 truck trips a day to what is now CNH Industrial's 110-acre property at 6900 Veterans Boulevard.

Committee member Mary Bradley, who lives in the nearby Carriage Way neighborhood, noted a park and houses border parts of the CNH property.

"Is there any way or any direction or statement you might be able to make opposing buildings or warehouses that would require major truck traffic, major trucking needs, especially semi-trucking traffic?" she said at Monday's Village Board meeting. "I'm really concerned about adding warehouses that might be more heavy industrial than what really belongs in a commercial area."

She added, "I really hope we can find a way to protect our claim that Burr Ridge is a special place."

Mayor Gary Grasso said the village was sensitive about the effect of trucks. He said no one wants truck terminals in Burr Ridge. He pointed to the Saia LTL Freight terminal in unincorporated DuPage County next to the village.

"We want to make sure we don't end up with Saia, which is what we tried to prevent years ago, but we could not surround it fast enough to annex it into the village," the mayor said. "That's why it's a 24-7 truck terminal today."

As he has before, Grasso promised the village would meticulously examine Bridge Industrial's plan.

"Just because something was built in another town doesn't mean they get to build it here in Burr Ridge," the mayor said.

CNH, a Fortune 500 company, is selling its property to Bridge, which plans commercial buildings and townhomes.