G2K Trail remains closed as a 2025 surfacing job continues
The Forest Preserve says the route west of Russell Woods is closed until further notice, although the County project page had listed August 29, 2025 as the anticipated completion date.
In one sentence
The current official notice says limestone work is still in progress and the trail is closed, while the earlier project record shows a $93,236.40 contract for 1.7 miles with a 2025 completion target.
Trail users should treat the segment west of Russell Woods as closed. The Forest Preserve's current page says the G2K limestone surfacing project is in progress and the trail is closed until further notice.
That current notice is later than the Highway Department project page's anticipated August 29, 2025 completion, so the public record shows a missed expectation, not a verified finish.
The active restriction
The Forest Preserve notice closes the route west of Russell Woods. It does not post a notice date, detour, completion percentage, or reopening date.
Until a later official notice says otherwise, the closure remains the controlling public-access status.
The contracted work
The County Highway project page identifies Martin & Co. Excavating, a $93,236.40 award, and a 1.7-mile path between Kingston and Russell Woods.
The bid specifications call for an 8-foot-wide path with six inches of compacted CA-6 aggregate.
The schedule gap
The official project page anticipated work between May and August 2025 and completion on August 29, 2025.
The current closure shows that the public cannot treat that timetable as completion. The cited records do not explain the delay or state a revised finish date.
What is still unclear
What the record did not yet answer
- The current closure notice does not display a posting date or reopening date.
- The cited records do not explain the delay beyond the 2025 target.
- A final-pay record, change order, or engineer acceptance was not identified in the cited pages.
Later developments will appear in new coverage, preserving what this story established on its publication date.
Source trail
Check the record
- 01Forest Preserve Current Notice (opens in a new tab)
DeKalb County Forest Preserve District · Checked July 29, 2026 · Official closure notice
- 02Forest Preserve Construction Projects (opens in a new tab)
DeKalb County Highway Department · 2025 project display · Official project page
- 03G2K Aggregate Path Bid Specifications (opens in a new tab)
DeKalb County · March 12, 2025 · Official bid specifications
- 04County Board Resolutions 2025, including R2025-046 (opens in a new tab)
DeKalb County · April 16, 2025 · Official resolutions archive
