A path to connect Aurora’s far East Side to a park in Naperville is currently in the early stages of planning.

The three-quarter-mile trail is set to one day run alongside Wolf’s Crossing Road from Hoffman Boulevard at the Lakewood Valley neighborhood, cross the nearby railroad track and connect to Normantown Road, which runs along the western edge of Wolf’s Crossing Community Park in Naperville.

The project runs across jurisdictions, but it is being spearheaded by the Will County Forest Preserve District.

Aurora Ald. Edward Bugg, 9th Ward, called the project “very exciting” when he briefly presented it at a meeting of the Aurora City Council last month. The path will help residents to get safely into “a very nice park,” he said.

There are many people living to the north and west of th

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