The Illinois Department of Transportation is conducting a preliminary engineering and environmental study that considers improvements to IL 43 (Harlem Avenue) between 63rd Street and 65th Street, which could include grade separation of the BRC railroad crossings at 63rd Street and/or 65th Street. The preliminary study is in conjunction with the CREATE (Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency) program, which is a multi-modal, public-private partnership to improve the rail and roadway transportation network within the Chicago region. 

The project is located in the City of Chicago, the Village of Bedford Park, and the Village of Summit in Cook County. Drainage for the project may require additional infrastructure improvements through the City of Chicago or the Villages of Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Justice, or Summit. 

Project Highlights 

• As part of the phase 1 study, WGI was requested to provide an SUE Quality Level B investigation for the entire study area, which was broken into 2 parts. This project also consisted of extensive utility records research through the city of Chicago Diggers utility information retrieval process as well as the Illinois One-Call service (JULIE) design stage process.