STATE PARK OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO ADD ALMOST 100 CAMP SITES TO THE 990-ACRE 4-YEAR-OLD FORD ORD DUNES STATE PARK. ALTHOUGH THE PARK, WHICH INCLUDES 4 MILES OF SHORELINE WITH BEACH, DUNES, AND BLUFFS, IS CURRENTLY A DAY-USE ONLY PARK; OFFICIALS WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE 45 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SITES, 10 HIKE-BIKE SITES, AND 43 TENT SITES IN A 130-ACRE PORTION OF THE PARK, WHERE THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF OLD ARMY STRUCTURES. COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY FOR THIS PLAN ARE STILL BEING SOUGHT, AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IN THE PLAN IS TO SEND A FUNDING REQUEST (IN JUNE) TO THE STATE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD.
THE EARLIEST THESE FACILITIES WOULD LIKELY BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC APPEARS TO BE THE SUMMER OF 2016.…AND THAT’S IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY.
