Lakefront Trail From Diversey To North To Close For Construction May 22

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on May 15, 2017 at 9:48am

The above link did not work. Try this: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170515/lincoln-park/lakefront-tra...

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Permalink Reply by JeffB on May 15, 2017 at 11:33am

Neither link worked for me. Here's the detour map: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/assets/1/7/Lakefront_Trail_Detou....

Here's the article:

The effort to make the Lakefront Trail less congested by creating separate paths for cyclists and joggers will force a portion of the popular path to close starting May 22, city officials said.

The trail will be closed east of Lake Shore Drive between Diversey Parkway and North Avenue starting May 22, according to a statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office. A marked detour will take trail users west of Lake Shore Drive, officials said.

Construction will also take place from Oak to Ohio streets, where a lane will allow cyclists and joggers to navigate around the crews, officials said.

Crews will limit the use of heavy equipment during the trail's most heavily-trafficked hours in the mornings and evenings, officials said.

Trail users can track the process of the construction and map detours by going to chicagoparkdistrict.com/lakefront-trail, officials said.

Emanuel said, once complete, the separated trail will enhance the Lakefront, which the mayor called one of the city's greatest assets.

"This is an important next step in continued efforts to make the Lakefront Trail safer and more accessible for thousands of cyclists, runners and walkers that use the path each day," Emanuel said in a statement.

In March 2016, Emanuel announced plans to add nearly 6 acres of green space where Lake Michigan used to be at Fullerton Avenue, as well as building separate paths for runners and bicyclists along 7 miles between Fullerton and Ohio Street and from 31st Street to 51st Street.

A $12 million gift from Ken Griffin — Illinois' richest man and one of Emanuel's biggest campaign donors — will allow the Park District to separate the remaining 11 miles of the trail, which is flooded with runners and bicyclists during warm — or less-than-frigid — weather.

The separated trail between 31st Street to 41st Street is expected to completely open by Memorial Day, the mayor's office said.

Full article:

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170515/lincoln-park/lakefront-tra...

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on May 15, 2017 at 1:24pm

Thanks Jeff, I've added the link again to the end of your post but we can't copy the entire article over to The Chainlink, just an excerpt with a link back over to DNAinfo. 

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Permalink Reply by Allan on May 16, 2017 at 7:39pm

Thanks for posting this info. Wish they'd gotten this done before May, but better late than never to start the project. I should remember that CPD lakefront trail website, since it does have a lot of construction and detour map pdf info on it.

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