Balancing Local Autonomy with Regional Planning Goals

A recent study by Northern Illinois University recommends that 'counties and municipalities be given greater statutory power to coordinate land-use planning in shared transportation corridors.'

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November 18, 2003, 11:00 AM PST

By Connie Chung

"Although relatively modest next to the various mandated ways that regional land-use control is achieved in other states, the DeKalb-based university's Center for Governmental Studies calls for counties to be given the statutory authority to create corridor-planning councils with greater oversight power than now exists....The aim of the NIU study, which focused on the policy issue of power sharing, was to develop a corridor-planning paradigm for Illinois that balances respect for local autonomy with the need to accommodate regional interests. Local officials, and planning and land-use experts worked for several months on the study, which will be forwarded to the Illinois Department of Transportation after public meetings to explain it."

Thanks to Connie Chung

FULL STORY: NIU urges councils on transit, land use

Friday, November 14, 2003 in The Chicago Tribune

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