Fabulous Fox! Water Trail

Last year, the U.S. Department of the Interior designated the Fabulous Fox! Water Trail as part of the National Water Trails System. The trail extends from southern Wisconsin into northern Illinois. Hey was selected to complete design of the Fab Fox! Water Trail Access Infrastructure project in Kane County. Our first task was to reach out to public landowners up and down the Fox River within Kane County to solicit project ideas. Next, a ranking system was developed to prioritize projects. Of the nearly two dozen potential projects that were identified, five sites were selected for implementation using federal ARPA grant funds. A key focus of the project is Universal Design - providing accessibility to this tremendous resource for patrons of all abilities.  Other factors that needed to be weighed included floodway and hydraulic conditions, and the presence of dams including what would happen to the new access sites if any of the dams are removed in the future.