The Project Does not Provide for a Public Purpose

Per the county’s own documentation, this project does not provide for a public purpose.

Will County has identified all current and future transportation needs in their long term transportation plan. This document is titled WillConnects2040, and lists all of the current and future transportation needs of the county.

Transportation needs

As shown below, the county does not identify any needs within the Parker Road, Chicago Bloomington Trail, and Hadley Road corridor of County Route 1

Area of need: congestion relief.
WillConnects 2040 identifies the areas where the county has a need for congestion relief. The Parker Hadley Corridor, is not needed

Area of need: Safety
WillConnects 2040 identifies the areas where the county has a need for increased safety. The Parker Hadley Corridor, is not needed

Area of need: Rail Crossings
WillConnects 2040 identifies the areas where the county has a need for rail crossings. The Parker Hadley Corridor, is not needed

Area of need: Truck Corridors
WillConnects 2040 identifies the areas where the county has a need for truck corridors. The Parker Hadley Corridor, is not needed

Area of need: Transit Access
There are no rail lines within the designated area and the project does not propose adding any. The only argument the county could make for a wider right of way would be to add bus lines, however the County Transportation plan states that a high concentration of population is a prerequisite for even considering it. as one of the lowest population density areas in the township, there is no need.

Area of need: Bikeway Network Continuity
WillConnects 2040 identifies the areas where the county has a need for bikeway continuity. While the Parker Hadley Corridor is flagged as red on this diagram, this diagram fails to acknowledge that existing government controlled land alternatives already exist within this corridor. so the taking of new land is not necessary. see below

The scope of the proposed project is not bikeway connectivity, so this topic should not apply. But even if it did, government owned and controlled alternates for bikeways exist such as the ComEd corridor, forest preserves, and existing “green” rated bike routes per the county study. All adjacent to or within a single property length from the Parker Hadley Corridor.

Engineering and Technical Needs

The Engineering study specific to the Parker-Hadley Corridor, www.parkerhadleystudy.com, documents the study performed specific to this project. The technical and engineering challenges presented there can be resolved within the existing right of way, or with alternates – therefore that taking of land, is not necessary.