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The Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) is reconstructing 14th Street from Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road in North Chicago and Waukegan. Please join us for a Construction Open House to learn more about the construction schedule and detour plans associated with the project.
DATE: Wednesday, June 19
TIME: 5 - 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Greenbelt Cultural Center, 1215 Green Bay Road, North Chicago
The public information meeting will be conducted in an open house format, so the public may attend at any time between 5 - 7 p.m. Exhibits will be on display and project team members will be available to discuss the project and answer questions.
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Limits: From IL 131 (Green Bay Rd) to Jackson St in North Chicago and Waukegan
Description: The reconstruction of 14th Street will feature a "road diet," where four lanes will be reduced to three, providing one lane in each direction and a center turn lane. Traffic volumes at this location no longer support four lanes and this concept makes room available to build non-motorized facilities such as a sidewalk on the south side and a bike path on the north side. The pedestrian accommodations will also provide a new continuous trail connection between Greenbelt Forest Preserve and the Robert McClory Bike Path. The center turn lane will enhance safety for the many turning vehicles in the roadway, and the off-street pedestrian facilities will improve safety for pedestrians and bikers.
The existing four-way stop intersection at 14th St and Dugdale will be converted to a roundabout during a 90-day closure with detour this summer. Roundabouts provide safer and more efficient traffic flow in many locations because traffic moves slower and in only one direction. That means there are fewer crashes, the crashes are less severe, and traffic flows smoothly. This also provides air quality improvements by reducing idling time by allowing traffic to flow continuously rather than constant starting and stopping.
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