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WORKING TOGETHERCreating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHERCreating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com SUNSET AVENUE TO RUSSELL ROAD Public Meeting #4 March 23, 2011 March 2011 | Public


  1. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com SUNSET AVENUE TO RUSSELL ROAD Public Meeting #4 March 23, 2011 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 1

  2. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Meeting Agenda • Review Study Process • Review Recent Meeting Results and Consensus Decisions • Review Alternatives Development • Present Refined Alternatives • Project Next Steps March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 2

  3. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com  Transportation Issues  Problem Statement Community Agency Purpose & Need Involvement Input Alternatives Development Preferred Alternative March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 3

  4. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 4

  5. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Workshop and Meeting Accomplishments CPG/TAG Meeting #3 – April 26, 2010 • Previewed Preliminary Alternatives • Discussed Evaluation Criteria Public Meeting #3 – May 26, 2010 • Examined and evaluated Preliminary Alternatives CPG/TAG Meeting #4 – Nov. 30, 2010 • Rated Refined Alternatives March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 5

  6. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternatives Stakeholder Comments Safety Drainage Kenosha Road alignments Public Outreach Shoulder vs. Curb & Gutter Barrier vs. Flush Median Property Impacts March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 6

  7. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Identified Needs Ninth St. IL Rte.173 Safety Lewis Rd. • 21st St. 2004-2009: 1,176 crashes, Delany Rd. 309 injuries, 29th St. 4 fatalities 2008: 5% location north of 9 th Street • 33rd St. Capacity Wadsworth Rd. Waukegan Regional • Roadway Airport • Intersection Yorkhouse Rd. Operations / Mobility • Kenosha Road intersection Sunset Avenue • Signal needs March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 7 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 7

  8. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Environmental Impacts Ninth St. IL Rte.173 Follow National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Lewis Rd. 21st St. Delany Rd. Prepare an environmental inventory and consider 29th St. reasonable environmental alternatives which would: • Enhance quality of human environment 33rd St. Wadsworth Rd. • Avoid sensitive resources Waukegan • Minimize adverse impacts Regional Airport • Mitigate resources as necessary Yorkhouse Rd. Consider minimizing impacts: Sunset Avenue • 5 sensitive resources (green areas) • 6 minor ditch flooding locations ( ) March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 8 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 8

  9. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Purpose & Need Project Purpose: The purpose of the Illinois Route 131 engineering study is to improve safety and functionality along Illinois Route 131 from Russell Road to Sunset Avenue. Improvements to this route are necessary to address issues of roadway and intersection capacity and efficiency; enhance vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle accommodation and safety; and bring the roadway into compliance with current IDOT standards. Project Needs: Improve Safety Improve Capacity Improve Operations and Mobility March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 9

  10. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Complete Streets Illinois Complete Streets Policy • Requires the incorporation of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations into state highway projects Cost-sharing of sidewalk/path construction: New selection criteria www.pedbikeimages.org Shared-Use path best accommodation March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 10

  11. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Project Elements Evaluation of Preliminary Alternatives Alt. A1 Alt. A2 Alt. B1 Alt. B2 Four Lanes – Divided Number of Lanes Wide Grass Median Median Treatment Paved Shoulder Edge Treatment Pedestrian/Bicycle Shared-Use Path = Element included in Alternative = Element NOT used March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 11

  12. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Project Characteristics Ninth St. • Sunset Avenue to Wadsworth Road IL Rte.173 – Less ROW available 21st St. Lewis Rd. Delany Rd. – Many intersecting streets/driveways 29th St. • Wadsworth Road to Illinois Route 173 33rd St. – Relatively more ROW Wadsworth Rd. – Fewer intersecting streets/driveways Waukegan Regional • Illinois Route 173 to Russell Road Airport Yorkhouse Rd. – More available ROW – Few intersecting streets/driveways Sunset Avenue March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 12 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 12

  13. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Alternatives Evaluation Evaluation Criteria Combine: • Environmental Impacts • Stakeholder Input • Accessibility • Purpose & Need • Waukegan Airport Coordination • Environmental Analysis • Identified Needs • Technical Analysis • Property Impacts • Previous Studies • Cost • Preliminary Alternatives Two refined alternatives have been developed March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 13

  14. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative A1 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 14

  15. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative B1 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 15

  16. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E1 Sunset Avenue to Illinois Route 173 13’ 5’ 10’ 135’ – 175’ March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 16

  17. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E1 Illinois Route 173 to Russell Road 22’ 5’ 10’ 150’ – 180’ March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 17

  18. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Alternative E1 Development Preliminary Complete Alternative Streets A1 Policy Refined Alternative E1 Preliminary Alternative B1 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 18

  19. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E1 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 19

  20. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative A2 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 20

  21. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative B2 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 21

  22. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E2 Sunset Avenue to Wadsworth Road 13’ 5’ 10’ 110’ – 145’ March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 22

  23. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E2 Wadsworth Road to Russell Road 10’ 22’ 5’ 130’ – 160’ March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 23

  24. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Alternative E2 Development Preliminary Complete Alternative Streets A2 Policy Refined Alternative E2 Preliminary Alternative B2 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 24

  25. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E2 March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 25

  26. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Kenosha Road Intersection Realignment 28 th Street 21 st Street Beach Park Middle School 29 th Street Cypress Park Shepherd’s N Crossing STOP March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 26

  27. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Waukegan Regional Airport Independent Study • Lead agency FAA – Coordination with IL Rte. 131 Study • Two Feasible Alternatives – Runway Extension / Relocation – Shown on aerial exhibits • Roadway Design – Minimize impact to airport property – Currently under FAA review March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 27

  28. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Property Acquisition • Fee Simple Take • Temporary Easement • Permanent Easement March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 28

  29. WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Property Acquisition Procedures • Determination of Ownership/Property Description • Offer Made at Appraised Value • Negotiation of Value/Eminent Domain March 2011 | Public Meeting #4 | 29

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