Lockport Approves Cost-Sharing Agreement For Bike Path Study

LOCKPORT, IL — At its Wednesday meeting, the Lockport City Council approved a cost sharing agreement between the City, Lewis University and the Village of Romeoville for a phase 1 engineering study for a connector bike path.

The shared cost agreement commits Lockport to $170,000 in budget funds to co-share the $510,000 task order, according to council documents.

The path, which would connect the college campus to downtown Lockport, would possibly go across the IL-7 bridge, according to council documents.

The project would be eligible for a grant from the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program, and potential costs could be more than $5 million, council documents state. A grant would cover 80 percent of the cost, with the remaining 20 percent split between Lockport, Lewis and Romeoville.

Lockport will contract V3 for design and engineering for phase 1, according to council documents. The project is budgeted for in fiscal year 2022, but some cost may end up in the fiscal year 2023 budget.