After a resident complaint following a serious bicycle accident along Cannonball Trail in Yorkville, city officials are debating ways to make the area safer for pedestrians, including a potential mile-long pedestrian pathway.

During a public hearing for the proposed townhome development at the former site of Parfection Park, Yorkville School District 115 warned the project could overload the school’s capacity for new students.

Yorkville is replacing around 9,000 feet of water main under the city, including one section that is so old it dates back to President Herbert Hoover in office and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that helped trigger the Great Depression. The project will cost around $4.5 million.

After a resident complaint following a serious bicycle accident along Cannonball Trail in Yorkville, city officials are debating ways to make the area safer for pedestrians, including a potential mile-long pedestrian pathway.

During a public hearing for the proposed townhome development at the former site of Parfection Park, Yorkville School District 115 warned the project could overload the school’s capacity for new students.

Yorkville is replacing around 9,000 feet of water main under the city, including one section that is so old it dates back to President Herbert Hoover in office and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that helped trigger the Great Depression. The project will cost around $4.5 million.

Benderson Development Company, LLC. wants to build a grocery store along with another building that would contain a restaurant/retail on five acres at the southwest corner of Route 34 and Kendall Point Drive.

Even though a proposed 93-acre solar farm project in unincorporated Kendall County has faced a series of rejections, the developers are trying to look on the bright side of things, turning once again to Yorkville to permit construction.

To improve safety measures, Yorkville city officials are addressing the issue of faulty and outdated lightning detectors in their parks.