The North LSD REDEFINE THE DRIVE Task Force started the process to develop Phase 1 (conceptual) Plans for North LSD between Grand Avenue and Hollywood in 2013. The objective is now to complete the Phase 1 Study in 2022.
As a reminder, the improvements for North Lake Shore Drive between Diversey and Irving Park include:
o A SB LSD entrance and a NB LSD exit ramp at Addison Street. (This would involve NB LSD traffic going under LSD to go west on Addison.)
o The elimination of Recreation Drive and the parking now on Recreation Drive
o Creation of a parking “lot” with approximately 80 diagonal parking spaces along the east side of inner LSD between Grace and Addison, This is west of LSD.
o Creation of a tunnel at Briar Place for vehicles to cross under LSD and provide access to Belmont Harbor and Harbor parking. Access to the Briar Place tunnel would be from Belmont.
Shown below is info from the Task Force website (www.northlakeshoredrive.org) for the two recent Project meetings hosted by Alderman Tunney (44th Ward). Over 50 comments were received.
To access detailed info about the two Lake View Community Meetings, it is necessary to open the GET INVOLVED section on the Task Force website. (See website excerpt below.)
DIVERSEY PARKWAY TO IRVING PARK ROAD CORRIDOR
Alderman Tunney of the 44th Ward hosted two Community Meetings focused on the Diversey Parkway to Irving Park Road segment within the North Lake Shore Drive (NLSD) project area. The goal of these meetings was to receive direct community input on the potential improvements within this area.
The two Community Meetings were held on August 12, 2019 and August 13, 2019. The first meeting took place at Temple Sholom in the Bettie Porter Hall from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and over 100 members of the public attended. The second meeting took place at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital in the Lakeshore Café from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and over 130 members of the public attended. The agendas, formats, and presentation materials of both meetings were identical. The meetings were held in an open house format with a PowerPoint presentation including an open Q&A, followed by smaller breakout group discussions with project team members. Exhibits displaying the Diversey Parkway to Irving Park Road Corridor Context Tailored Treatment Alternative were reviewed during these small group discussions and feedback was provided. Materials presented at the Community Meeting can be found below:
· PowerPoint Presentation (pdf)
EXHIBITS (pdf)
· EXISTING CONDITIONS – 2013 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES
· EXISTING CONDITIONS – 2011 TO 2014 AUTOMOBILE CRASH DATA
· EXISTING CONDITIONS – 2013 LAKEFRONT TRAIL USER VOLUMES
· TOP PERFORMING CONTEXT TAILORED TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE: GRAND AVE TO DIVERSEY PKWY
· TOP PERFORMING CONTEXT TAILORED TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE: DIVERSEY PKWAY TO MONTROSE AVE
· TOP PERFORMING CONTEXT TAILORED TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE: MONTROSE AVE TO HOLLYWOOD AVE
A 46th Ward LSD Montrose – Wilson – Lawrence Avenues meeting to be held at 6 PM at Truman College on September 26th. The Task Force will be prepared to discuss North LSD at Irving Park and North LSD at Addison which are in the 46th Ward.