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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Abdon M. Pallasch

The thrill is gone on the North Branch Bike Trail

Forest Preserve District workers flatten out of the entrance of the North Branch Bike Trail as part of a $750,000 upgrade to Caldwell Woods. (Provided/Abdon Pallasch)

On my morning jog, I was aghast to see the Cook County Forest Preserve District bull-dozing the most fun part of the North Branch Bike Trail, replacing it with a long, winding, safe roundabout.

Generations of kids have learned to avoid death-by-bike on that treacherous blind curve after the steep drop at the start of the trail in Caldwell Woods.

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