As Will County considers a $60 million plan to widen Route 143 from Lemont Road to Bell Road, Homer Glen residents are voicing their opposition.
Christy Nahser keeps horses on a 31-acre farm in Homer Glen. Like many of her neighborhoods, she moved to this quiet area for its rural atmosphere and to get away from the congestion of the city and closer suburbs.
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She’s got signs in her yard opposing the proposal to widen the two-lane road that runs by the farm the five lanes.
“It’s just gonna increase the traffic and the speed. People go down this road now at 60 miles an hour even though the speed limit is 45,” Nahser said.
The road widening proposal applies to a three mile stretch that goes mostly through Homer Glen and Homer Township. A couple hundred residents shows up at a public hearing on the issue last week, most opposed to widening the road.
Some are concerned about the increased traffic in front of several schools along that stretch of Route 143. Many are worried about preserving the rural lifestyle that brought them there in the first place.