Western Avenue In Lake Forest To Close For 10 Days

LAKE FOREST, IL — Western Avenue in Lake Forest will close temporarily for redevelopment next month, with Focus Development scheduled to begin work between Laurel Avenue and Franklin Place on July 10.

During the first stage of the project, which is expected to last about 10 days, Western Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic in this area between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. to allow the installation of a new storm sewer, the City of Lake Forest announced Thursday.

Pedestrians will be directed to an alternate route, and Western Avenue will be open for traffic during the evening and overnight hours.

As part of the redevelopment occurring in this area, work will continue on this block of Western beyond the initial street closure into early September as currently planned. However, travel lanes will remain open.

The majority of this work is funded by the TIF District.

The planned improvements include:

• The addition of diagonal parking on the east side of the street
• Construction of a ramp on the west side of the street to the underground parking
• New curbs, sidewalks and landscaping.

» via the City of Lake Forest