The Will County Board voted 12-7 to proceed with condemnation cases on land from Parker Road to Golden Oak Drive in Homer Glen so that 143rd Street can be widened, but Homer Glen and Homer Township officials remain opposed to the county’s latest proposal.

The county’s Division of Transportation is reducing the scope of the 143rd Street project, which initially called for the street to be widened from two to five lanes from State Street/Lemont Road to Bell Road. The modified plan only calls for the eastern segment to be widened to five lanes, starting at around Parker Road and heading east towards the already planned Bell Road intersection improvement project.

No construction date has been set, but a contract is likely to be awarded next year, transportation director Jeff Ronaldson said.

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