Mundelein will spend more than a half-million dollars for a pedestrian bridge and other work at Courtland Commons park. Courtesy of Mundelein

Mundelein will spend more than a half-million dollars for a pedestrian bridge and other improvements at a popular park — and not all the trustees are happy about it.

The work is slated for Courtland Commons park, which is near the northeast corner of East Courtland Street and Seymour Avenue. A divided village board narrowly approved the work Monday.

A nearly 46-foot-long, metal bridge is planned for the west end of the park’s pollinator garden. It will span a waterway called the Seavey Drainage Ditch and connect to the park’s western entrance.

Thirty-four new parking spots along East Crystal Street, which is on the north side of the park, are pl

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