The long-awaited prairie path extension into Forest Park is on its way to reality.
The Illinois Prairie Path hosted its annual members meeting on Nov. 1 in Wheaton — where the middle of the 61 miles of crushed stone path sits. Among other updates, the group revealed plans for extending the prairie path past its eastern trailhead in Maywood to the CTA Blue Line terminal.
“I nickname it the East-West Highway because, once they get [the prairie path] connected to Forest Park and the Blue Line, you’ll be able to go anywhere in the city, all the way out to the Fox River in Aurora and Elgin, which is pretty impressive,” Ralph DiFebo, Forest Park resident and Illinois Prairie Path board member, told the Review ahead of the Nov. 1 meeting…