Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that in response to this winter’s harsh temperature swings, he has called for an aggressive paving season in 2019 with an overall target of 315 miles of street resurfacing planned, up from 310 miles paved in 2018. City agencies have identified the first 100 miles of residential and arterial paving locations. Repaving will begin as soon as weather allows and the asphalt plants re-open. He has also directed the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) to assign more crews to pothole patching. The following are some of the main arterial routes slated for resurfacing by CDOT so far in 2019:
• Sheridan Rd. – from Devon Ave. to Touhy Ave. (1 mile)
• Broadway – Gunnison St. to Foster Ave. (.65 miles)
• Foster Ave. – East River Rd. to Harlem Ave. (2 miles)
• Dearborn St. – Madison St. to Polk St. (.65 miles)
• Kedzie Ave. – Jackson Ave. to Ogden Ave. (1.35 miles)
• Austin Blvd. – Lake St. to North Ave. (1.45 miles)
• 31st St. – Lawndale Ave. to Western Ave. (1.7 miles)
• 51st St. – Millard Ave. to Kedzie Ave. (.57 miles)
• Lafayette Ave. – Marquette Rd. to 79th St. (1.50 miles)
• 119th St – Ashland Ave. to Halsted St. (1 mile)
After working late into fall to install new water and sewer pipes, DWM plans to begin its spring paving as early as possible. These are some of the locations slated, among the 45 miles ready to be paved this spring:
• Neva Ave. – Grand Ave. to Armitage (.45 miles)
• Commercial – 95th St. to 100th St. (.65 miles)
• Long, Cortez, Iowa – Division/Central, Long (1 mile)
