Arlington Heights village board members gave mostly positive reviews to conceptual renderings for a so-called Vail Avenue Promenade, but questioned its proposed $4.4 million cost. Courtesy of village of Arlington Heights

Conceptual plans for a pedestrian-friendly, curbless street in downtown Arlington Heights were deemed “beautiful” by village board members.

But they also balked at the estimated $4.4 million cost of the project that would redo a portion of Vail Avenue and make changes to adjacent Harmony Park.

“We just spent the first half of tonight’s meeting talking about taxes,” Trustee Tom Schwingbeck said late Monday, after the board approved a new streaming tax and extended a local grocery tax.

“If we had the funding to do this where it wasn’t going to cost the village any money

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