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Ald. Emma Mitts, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other city officials attended the groundbreaking ceremony held this week – on the three-year anniversary of the city’s INVEST South/West plan.
West Siders said they want to see homeownership, mental health and climate change prioritized in the city’s 2023 budget. A final public engagement session will be held this weekend.
City officials say the dedicated, temporary bus lanes will improve
reliability and make social distancing easier for CTA customers. The lanes will be installed on 4.6 miles on Chicago Avenue, from Laramie to Ashland.
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.