In Plainfield Township, a Slate Belt community of about 5,000, the recent acquisition of a century-old railroad line represents the only source of public recreation. Township officials, both past a… ...

PLAINFIELD — Sometimes it makes sense to begin a project in the middle. Plainfield officials hope, with an anticipated windfall of $2.1 million in federally earmarked funds, to transform a 1.6-mile ...

Plainfield Township is getting a start on its campaign to add trails in the township by approving projects to build a couple of short connector trails. The two projects will be financed through ...

PLAINFIELD — Town Planner Mary Ann Chinatti got to ring in the New Year with a big smile thanks to the passage of a federal bipartisan spending package that included nearly $2.2 million for a new, ...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will break ground Monday on Normantown Trail’s next phase, a link connecting 111th Street in Naperville to Rockwell Road in Plainfield. “I think in ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP -- Bicyclists rode the trail through Comstock Park on a pleasant Monday evening as if it had always been this way. They mingled with others at the Dairy De-Lite ice cream shop ...

Plainfield Township Manager Cameron Van Wyngarden says that when the master plan for the parks and recreation department was redone in 2015, a survey found residents wanted more safe trails.

The trails were extended starting in 2007, when the town issued a $4.4 million bond. The original idea was to add 5.2 miles to what they already had, but ultimately was able to put in nearly 11 miles.