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Public Open House (Public Meeting #5)

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The Public Open House (Public Meeting #5) meeting was held on August 8, 2024 at Harry S Truman College from 3 to 7 p.m. The Public Open House featured staffed exhibit areas and an audio-visual presentation that was shown continuously. Exhibits reviewed the five finalist multimodal roadway alternatives presented earlier, along with their evaluation results, the Recommended Preferred Multimodal Roadway Alternative, and recommended Lakefront Improvements for people walking, biking, and taking transit to, from, and within the north lakefront corridor and Lincoln Park. Project team members were present to discuss the project and answer questions. 

Please email any comments to the project team at [email protected]. Although written input on the project is accepted at any time, comments received by September 9, 2024 will be included as part of the official Public Open House record.

Meeting Materials

EXISTING AND PROPOSED PLANS (pdf)

Learn more about the five alternatives on this handout. You can view Level 3 Screening Plans here. 

EXHIBIT STATIONS

The Public Open House featured 11 staffed exhibit stations. To view materials, click on the station names below.

  • Station #2: Study Process
    This exhibit station includes:
    • Project Location Map
    • Importance of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive
    • Agency Decision Making/Selection of Preferred Plan
    • Alternatives Development and Evaluation
    • Study Timeline

Summer 2024 Visualizations

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View the Summer 2024 Visualizations below. 

The PDF includes renderings at the following locations:

  • Chicago Avenue: Overview
  • Chicago Avenue: Lakefront
  • Chicago Avenue: Lakefront Plaza
  • Chicago Avenue: Lakefront Trail
  • Oak Street Beach: Overview
  • Oak Street Beach: From John Hancock Building
  • Oak Street: Lakefront Access
  • Oak Street Curve
  • Michigan Avenue and Oak Street
  • Oak Street Beach: Concessions and Access
  • Banks Street: Inner Drive
  • Barry Avenue: Lakefront Access
  • Belmont Harbor View 1
  • Belmont Harbor View 2
  • Hawthorne Place: Inner Drive
  • Buena Avenue: Peace Garden
  • Montrose Avenue Underpass
  • Foster Avenue
  • Berwyn Avenue Underpass (Trail Grade Separation Comparison)

Recommended Preferred Multimodal Roadway Alternative

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View plans for the Recommended Preferred Multimodal Roadway Alternative below. 

HANDOUTS (pdf)

EXISTING AND PROPOSED PLANS (pdf)

 

Task Force Committee Meeting #14

On July 23, 2024, the North DuSable Lake Shore Drive project team held Task Force (TF) Committee Meeting #14 in person at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Task Force committee members were invited to attend one of two identical two and a half hour sessions. The first session was held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; the second session was held from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Representatives from the Corridor Planning Committee and all Task Force committee groups were in attendance.

During this meeting, the project team reviewed the Level 3 (Final) Screening analysis and results, shared the Recommended Preferred Multimodal Roadway Alternative, and received input from the Task Force committee. The project team then facilitated table workshops with committee members to discuss potential park access improvements for people walking, rolling, and bicycling throughout the corridor.

In total, there were 66 Task Force committee members who attended, as follows:

  • Morning Session – 22
  • Afternoon Session – 44

Comments and feedback from Task Force committee members will be collected through Tuesday, August 13.

Meeting Materials

Exhibits (pdf)

Workshop Exercise (pdf)

Trees Study Spotlight

 

Trees Study Spotlight

The project team is currently evaluating the five remaining multimodal roadway alternatives. As part of this evaluation, nearly 30 different criteria are being considered, including Performance, Social, Economic and Environmental factors. The project team has separated criteria into two categories: 1) distinguishing criteria that contain results that vary amongst alternatives, and 2) non-distinguishing criteria that contain results that are the same or similar amongst alternatives. This Study Spotlight addresses the non-distinguishing criterion of impacts to trees associated with each of the remaining alternatives and discusses the unique opportunities the project offers to enhance the urban forest and associated ecosystems.

View the Trees Study Spotlight here

Public Life Study – Study Spotlight

 

Public Life Study Spotlight

The North DuSable Lake Shore Drive (NDLSD) project team has drafted over 15 Study Spotlights, many of which have been developed in response to frequently asked questions. Today we would like to share with you a new Study Spotlight highlighting results from the Access and Experience at the Lakefront Survey and the Public Life Study. This Study Spotlight reviews how community input is shaping placemaking concepts throughout the corridor

View the Public Life Study – Study Spotlight here

2023 End of Year Update E-Newsletter

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Greetings! In this email we are providing an end-of-year round up of 2023 project activities and a preview for 2024. Thank you for your continued interest and involvement in the NDLSD project!

2023 in Review

STUDY SPOTLIGHTS – New

The project team continues to share project updates on key topics through Study Spotlights. In December 2023, we published four new Study Spotlights: Environmental Justice and Equity, Climate Change, Travel Markets, and Remaining Performance Criteria detailing the review of these topics that has been completed as part of the project. As a refresher, there are over 15 Study Spotlights, many of which have been developed in response to frequently asked questions. Other Study Spotlight topics include Lakefront Trail & Park Access, Safety, Noise, and Notable Alternatives Considered and Dismissed. Let us know if there are any additional topics you would like to see covered!

LEVEL 3 SCREENING – Ongoing

The project team continues to advance the Level 3 Screening process for the five remaining corridor-wide roadway alternatives. We will provide results from this screening at the next corridor-wide public meeting, currently expected to take place in spring 2024. During this meeting, a Preferred Roadway Alternative will be recommended.

After a Preferred Roadway Alternative is identified, the project team will continue to advance more detailed community-specific design decisions guided by public input, both related to roadway and junction details as well as park, trail, and other lakefront features.

ALDERMANIC BRIEFINGS – Ongoing

The project team met with the newly elected alderpeople along the study corridor to bring them up to speed on the project and its progress to date. We welcome the new City Council members and look forward to working with you in 2024!

PROJECT STUDY GROUP COORDINATION – Ongoing

The NDLSD Project Study Group includes Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Chicago Park District (CPD). Since the study began the project team has held more than 100 meetings with CTA and CPD. Throughout 2023, meetings were held with each agency to review the remaining Level 3 screening analyses with the goal of selecting a Preferred Roadway Alternative in early 2024.

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH – October 2023

Have you checked out our refreshed project website, NorthDuSableLSD.org?

In 2023, we redesigned our project website to improve usability, allowing you to find materials and see project updates more easily. The updated website contains all project information prepared during the past few years, and older materials can still be accessed on the archive website.

NEW VISUALIZATIONS – April 2023

To better illustrate the planned user experience along the north lakefront, we created more than twenty new visualizations. These incorporate input from the Summer 2022 Access and Experience at the Lakefront Survey and the 2022 Public Life Study.

COMMUNITY MEETINGS – April 2023

Thank you to everyone who attended the April Lakeview Community Meetings. We received valuable input on this section of the study area, which is the most physically constrained part of the NDLSD corridor. Frequently Asked Questions from these meetings are available on the project website, along with all meeting materials.

SHORELINE PROTECTION VIDEO – March 2023

We often receive questions about current and future lake water levels and how the project team is considering climate resiliency. A major component of the NDLSD project is to provide improved shoreline protection measures that address these issues. We have produced a 3-minute video to show how we have been developing and testing potential shoreline protection measures to incorporate into the corridor design.

2024 Preview

In early 2024, we will share a Study Spotlight on the Public Life Study. This will highlight results from the Access and Experience at the Lakefront Survey and the Public Life Study, and review how your feedback is shaping placemaking concepts throughout the corridor to be integrated into the design moving forward. We will also share more new visualizations to highlight additional locations throughout the corridor.

The next public meeting is expected to take place in spring 2024. During the meeting, we will explain the Level 3 Screening process and results in detail and seek your continued input. A meeting for Task Force members will be held prior to the public meeting.

Spring 2023 Visualizations

Below are links to the Spring 2023 Visualizations. (pdf)

Lakeview Community Meeting #3

Two Community Meetings were held on April 20, 2023 at Temple Sholom. The first meeting took place from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the second meeting took place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Over 370 members of the public attended the two meetings. The agendas, formats, and presentation materials of both meetings were identical. The meetings were held in an open house format, during which attendees could visit five stations to review the Study Overview, Lakeview Transportation Network and Lakeview Design exhibit boards included below, view a traffic model, and provide input to the project team. The meeting also included an introductory PowerPoint presentation.

Comments were received through Comment Forms and through discussion at the meeting stations. While comments are welcome at any point in the project process, the comment period for this meeting is through May 11, 2023. Following the comment period, a Frequently Asked Questions with responses will be added here.

Frequently asked questions and project team responses are provided in the Meeting FAQ document below:

Meeting Materials

EXHIBITS (pdf) & TRAFFIC MODELING VIDEO

Station 1: Lakeview Transportation Network

Station 2: Traffic Modeling

Station 3: Design

Station 4: Renderings

Station 5: NDLSD Study Process

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