Mary Tanis

"Sheffield Avenue has a center turn lane down the whole entire way," said Town Manager David Hein. "It's not necessarily needed each and every section, so there is some suggestion to do landscaping in the middle to kind of break it up to give it a new look, to kind of make it look like it's revitalized."

"For the kids' safety across Route 30, many of them, they just run across Route 30, and this would be a safety mechanism for them, as well," said Dyer Redevelopment Commission President Mary Tanis.

The measure was approved on first reading but failed on second reading, when council member Jenna Ogrizovich flipped to a no vote last month.

The Old Plank Road Trail currently runs from Joliet to Chicago Heights, but a feasibility study is underway to extend it to the Pennsy Greenway in Schererville, using an inactive railroad corridor.