Did anyone else mention this recently?
Construction on the Navy Pier Flyover -- intended to provide a safer route for lakefront trail users -- is set to begin this spring, according to city officials.
One of the most congested segments of the lakefront trail is near Navy Pier. The flyover will be a 16-foot-wide overpass protected from Lake Shore Drive.
Read more at http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/redeye-navy-pier-flyover-sp...
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During construction I guess it will be extra snarled. Dearborn up to North will still be the best bypass from downtown. I'm really worried about the construction to fill in part of the lake near Fullerton. There's nowhere to go around it and the secondary trail to get around the lake was pretty much destroyed this winter.
DNA just reported that construction will begin as soon as next week.
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140318/river-north/navy-pier-flyov...
And a dedicated website has been launched for this project:
$60 million to build over four years. It looks nice but that seems like a long time and a lot of money.
Yeah, no kidding. That point was right at the north end of my LFP commute; so now it'll be detours for years.
Tricolor said:
$60 million to build over four years. It looks nice but that seems like a long time and a lot of money.
A splashy and obscenely inefficient use of money. We could conceivably have a 300-mile bike network for that price tag.
"To put that in perspective, in 2008 the Portland, Oregon, Bureau of Transportation estimated the entire replacement cost of that city's then 300-mile bike network at about $60 million."
Steven Vance of StreetsBlog had a much more sensible approach:
Pier pressure: is the Navy Pier Flyover bike/ped bridge really wort...
But Steven's approach is not sexy. That is the problem with his approach
Matheis said:
A splashy and obscenely inefficient use of money. We could conceivably have a 300-mile bike network for that price tag.
"To put that in perspective, in 2008 the Portland, Oregon, Bureau of Transportation estimated the entire replacement cost of that city's then 300-mile bike network at about $60 million."
Steven Vance of StreetsBlog had a much more sensible approach:
Pier pressure: is the Navy Pier Flyover bike/ped bridge really wort...
The flyover was initially proposed in 2004 and approved by the Chicago Plan Commission on February 18, 2011. As part of the funding package, $34M in state and federal funds were secured for the project. These funds are project-specific; i.e. the City can not use the $34M to fix potholes-they spend it on the flyover or the funds disappear. Emanuel was elected mayor on February 22, 2011. You may have perfectly valid reasons to dislike Emanuel, but the flyover probably shouldn't be one of them.
peter moormann said:
The Rahm Ramp.
A fancy feather for his cap.
Might have to close some more schools to pay for the projected cost over runs.
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