Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that two City departments in charge of roadway resurfacing – the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Department of Water Management (DWM) – have identified the first 135 miles of streets that are planned for resurfacing this year toward the goal of at least 275 miles of repaving for the entire year. Paving work is expected to start in mid-April when the asphalt plants open for the 2018 construction season. Since Mayor Emanuel took office, CDOT, DWM and private utilities have resurfaced more than 1,850 miles of streets and alleyways, more than one third of the City’s 4,600 miles of streets. Following are some of the main arterial routes that are slated for resurfacing by CDOT so far in 2018:

• Stony Island Avenue from S. Doty Avenue to E. 122nd Street (2.4 miles)
• South Chicago Avenue 67th Street to 79th Street (1.4 miles)
• Ashland Avenue from 63rd Street to 71st Street (1 mile) 
• Loomis Avenue 59th Street to 74th Street (1.9 miles)
• 47th Street from Western Avenue to Racine Avenue (1.5 miles)
• California Avenue from 47th Street to 51st Street (0.5 mile)
• Harrison Street from Pulaski Road to Kedzie Avenue (1 mile)
• Halsted Street from Roosevelt Road to Harrison Street (0.5 mile)
• Cicero Avenue from Grand Avenue to Division Street (0.8 miles)
• Central Park Avenue from Lake Street to Roosevelt Road (1.3 miles)
• Caldwell Avenue from Touhy Avenue to Devon Avenue (1.5 miles)
• Cicero Avenue from Irving Park Road to Grand Avenue (2.75 miles)