Downtown Construction On Dearborn, Wells and Larabee

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Permalink Reply by Alisa Hauser on October 26, 2017 at 6:24am

Hi- has anyone had issues on either of these three Downtown streets the past few days? We are possibly doing a story on it for DNAinfo.  A cyclist tweeted earlier that all three are torn up at moment and there are few other North-South routes to use Downtown.  Likely I will bike there soon to check it out, but wondering what your experience has been?  If you'd like to be included in the story, email your comments and any pics you took to ahauser@dnainfo.com or comment on this post.

Thanks and happy cycling!

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 26, 2017 at 7:03am

Yes, there was a stretch on Well St the other day. I decided to use Dearborn today, and it was torn up from Kinzie to Wacker. It was only a 1 block stretch for, so it wasn't too bad. It appears that the resurfacing continued north from Kinzie, though.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 26, 2017 at 8:58am

There's also utility construction affecting Monroe from Dearborn to State and State from Madison to Monroe. It's a big freakin' mess right now, with lane closures, construction equipment and lots of steel plates. Be extra careful out there.

Permalink Reply by Alisa Hauser on October 26, 2017 at 10:29am

thanks, Anne! you too!

Permalink Reply by Maurice on October 26, 2017 at 10:57am

Neighborhood Notice: Dearborn Street Infrastructure Improvements

Source:  Alderman Brian Hopkins –  2nd Ward

Please be aware of an upcoming resurfacing project on Dearborn Street between Chicago Avenue and the Chicago River Bridge.

Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin this week (week of 10-16-17)  and will include ADA sidewalk improvements, curb and gutter removal and replacement, milling, paving, and striping. This work is part of the Chicago Department of Transportation’s Arterial Street Resurfacing Central Area Project.

During construction, temporary “No Parking” signs will be periodically installed as required. These temporary signs will restrict parking during working hours, while adhering to rush hour restrictions, for the completion of the work.  All work on this corridor is scheduled to be completed by December 31st.

If you have any additional question please email  Ward02@cityofchicago.org, or call the 2nd Ward Service Office at (312) 643-2299.

Permalink Reply by Alisa Hauser on October 26, 2017 at 12:24pm

thank you

Permalink Reply by David P. on October 27, 2017 at 3:29am

I take Dearborn from Kinzie to Randoplph on my way to Millennium Station every morning. I understand that streets need to be resurfaced, but when the asphalt was being milled on Thursday (?) morning and the bike lanes (and all but one of the other lanes) were closed, there was no warning of this for cyclists coming from Kinzie, and I had to take the sidewalk (slowly) over the river. Some warning and detour signs (e.g. take Clark instead) would have been very helpful. By the evening, it was milled down up to about Ontario. It was tolerable to ride north in the evening with extra care, but the lack of lane markings north of Kinzie meant cars were all over the place.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on October 27, 2017 at 5:38am

Good summary; I observed the same.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 27, 2017 at 4:09am

Any information on Wells St? It was clear sailing today, but honestly, the entire stretch from Wacker to Van Buren needs to be resurfaced. The one block stretch from Adams to Jackson is downright dangerous. However, with the renovation of the Quincy L station, any work should be postponed until it's finished.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on October 27, 2017 at 7:30am

Sheesh, just discovered the Dearborn PBL is torn up and closed south of Harrison, as well!

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on October 30, 2017 at 9:00am

Frustrating developments this morning on Dearborn between the river and Kinzie--after striping the PBL area on Friday, the striping is now gone. Drivers were driving in the PBL space this morning as I attempted to navigate south.

In the drivers' defense, absolutely nothing indicates that they should not be using that space right now.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on October 31, 2017 at 3:08am

They fixed it as of yesterday evening. Striped again and "blocked" by those sandwich-board-looking things.

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