County staff outline road, access and jurisdictional plans for proposed 900‑home La Fox‑area development

Kane County permitting staff presented an initial review of a large proposed development in the village of Campton Hills on Tuesday, saying the Shodin Group is proposing a roughly 962‑acre project that would include about 900 homes and roughly 440 acres of open space.

"Right at 900," said Kurt, the county permitting staff member who led the presentation, summing up the project scale while walking the committee through site exhibits and access analyses.

County staff said the project touches or affects multiple county highways — La Fox Road, Klinger Road and the Bunker Road realignment project — and labeled several county access points A through G. Staff told the committee the land developer would be responsible for constructing capacity improvements identified in the county’s comprehensive road improvement plan and that the county would certify the quantities and unit prices used to determine an impact‑fee credit for the developer.

Staff described several planned roadway elements tied to the Bunker Road realignment, including an underpass beneath the railroad and a roundabout at a new crossing. The presentation said certain intersections will require right‑ and left‑turn channelization and median tie‑ins; several access points will require widening to tie into adjacent improvements.

The committee also discussed cross‑access connections. Kurt said the project contains numerous stub roads and that additional interconnections would improve neighborhood circulation and provide alternative or emergency access routes. "Those kind of cross connections are valuable. They join neighborhoods together and provide emergency access options," he said.

Bike and pedestrian facilities were another focus. Staff said county access regulations will require bike/ped facilities along development frontages adjacent to county highways and stressed the importance of connections to the Metra station and an existing pedestrian underpass beneath the railroad. The county noted a few developer‑proposed locations where it remains resistant to adding the required pedestrian or multi‑use facilities; staff said negotiations on those "friction points" are ongoing.

Jurisdictional transfers were also raised. Staff explained that, where appropriate, certain local street frontages within the development would be transferred to the village of Campton Hills after annexation, creating uniform local control along those corridors. A board member noted that, under Illinois annexation law, township roads incorporated into a municipality are typically transferred automatically upon annexation; staff said an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) would be used to address maintenance timelines and other details.

Board members asked about construction impacts, heavy‑vehicle permitting, and who pays for final roadway restoration. Kurt said the county enforces permitting for overweight loads and collects fees for permits that help recoup damage, and staff does not expect the developer’s work to generate unrecoverable pavement damage when properly permitted.

The presentation was described as an initial review: staff indicated the village of Campton Hills had not yet approved subdivision entitlements and said the IGA and access approvals would return to the committee for further review as plans are refined. The committee asked staff to continue negotiating cross‑access and bike/ped provisions and signaled it expects to see formal IGAs and updated engineering exhibits in subsequent meetings.

Next steps: staff will refine the draft IGA language and continue to coordinate with Campton Hills, the townships, Metra and other affected agencies before returning items to the committee for formal action.