2026 Budget In Brief

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWS

IN THE WORKS 94th Avenue and 159th Street Safety and Intersection Improvements Preliminary engineering design for the safety and intersection improvements at 94th Avenue and 159th Street is underway and will be completed in 2026. Detailed design engineering will be completed in 2027. The Village received $150,000 in Invest in Cook funds for design engineering and is aggressively pursuing construction funding. Lake Sedgewick Multi-Use Path In 2026, the Village will begin preliminary engineering of the Lake Sedgewick Multi-Use Path. The proposed path segment on the south side of Lake Sedgewick in Centennial Park will complete the trail loop around the lake and improve the overall connectivity of the Village’s trail system by completing the connection of the Centennial Park trails to the 104th Avenue Multi-Use Path, which connects to the Orland Grassland trails and the proposed 167th Street Multi-Use Path. 167th Street Multi-Use Path (Steeplechase Parkway to 104th Avenue) The 167th Street Multi-Use Path is proposed along the south side of 167th Street from Steeplechase Parkway to 104th Avenue in order to connect Wolf Road-area neighborhoods to the Orland Grassland trails and the 104th Avenue Multi Use Path, strengthening the Village’s overall trail network connectivity. The Village has been awarded $3.1 million in federal funds for right of-way acquisition, construction and construction

engineering for this project and continues to pursue additional construction funding. The project is advancing through the design engineering and land acquisition phase, and construction is expected to begin in 2027. McGinnis Slough Multi-Use Path The Village is nearing the end of preliminary engineering for the McGinnis Slough Multi Use Path, which will connect pedestrians from LaGrange Road to Wolf Road through the ComEd easement in McGinnis Slough. The Village has been awarded $1,884,800 in grant funds for detailed design engineering, construction and construction engineering from federal and county grant programs. It is anticipated that detailed design engineering will begin in spring of 2026 and be completed mid-2027. Construction of the path will begin in 2028. 82nd Avenue Multi-Use Path (Arrowhead Lane to 145th Place) The 82nd Avenue Multi-Use Path will expand the Village’s trail network and improve resident connectivity to nearby schools, parks and the ComEd corridor trail system. The project was awarded $1.67 million in federal funds for engineering and construction and another $200,000 in construction funds from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). Design engineering is anticipated to be completed in 2026. Construction of the path is anticipated in 2027.

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VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK | FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET IN BRIEF