The long-awaited Wal-Mart store at the southeast corner of Randall Road and Fabyan Parkway inched closer this week to being built, the City Council learned Monday.
Wal-Mart Corp. officials announced they have decided to proceed with the redesigned store after a long construction bid process, said City Administrator Bill McGrath. “We are looking to them now for a construction schedule. We and they have to coordinate with the county to make the needed improvements to Fabyan Parkway,” McGrath said.
Wal-Mart first asked Batavia to annex the parcel and approve plans for the store two years ago, said Community Development Director Kai Tarum. “The project went through intensive staff and Plan Commission scrutiny,” she said.
The City Council approved the project in May 2003.
After delays negotiating with the Kane County Department of Transportation over widening Fabyan Parkway to accommodate traffic flow in and out of the store, the corporation shelved the project while redesigning its stores nationwide, Tarum said.
