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City officials have identified the first 45 miles of arterial streets scheduled to be resurfaced in 2019. In addition to a 1.45 mile stretch of Austin Boulevard, about 1 mile of a few other streets in Austin — Long, Cortez, Iowa – Division/Central — also are on the paving list.
The Chicago Department of Transportation is seeking input from local residents at a community meeting March 21 at the Austin Library, 5615 W. Race.
Days after the city’s fifth-worst blizzard, CPS plowed the sidewalks surrounding the closed Emmet School.
The Active Transportation Alliance wants to find out what West Siders think should be done to make the corners of Madison and Cicero and Chicago and Cicero safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
One West Side nonprofit plans to fill some potholes on its own as city crews continue to work on the damaged roads.
Some residents voice frustration that none of the city’s 400 stations is located in Chicago’s most-populated neighborhood, but that could change.
The intersection of Central Avenue and Walton Street was one of 10 chosen across Chicago as part of the “It’s Up To You” campaign to lower the number of pedestrian injuries and deaths.
Find out what some Austin residents think should be done to make Chicago less car-dependent.