October 21, 2015 Improved Centennial Trail opens to great fanfare; New scenic overlook offers sweeping ...

(Source: MWRD - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) 14cdd2bb-4989-4cc1-878a-582f7b0e97f4.pdf For immediate release October 21, 2015 Improved Centennial Trail opens to great fanfare New scenic overlook offers sweeping views above the Des Plaines River valley A new public amenity was unveiled on Sat., Oct. 17 at Columbia Woods Forest Preserve in Willow Springs, along property owned by the MWRD and leased to the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC). Two new foothills acces- sible to hikers and even- tually to mountain bikes in 2016 have been added to the Centennial Trail. The hills were construct- ed as part of an MWRD project to remove 1.8 million cubic yards of...