Which South Side Streets Will Be Paved In 2018?

CHICAGO, IL - A number of roads on the South Side will be resurfaced in 2018. The Chicago Department of Transportation and the Department of Water Management, the two city departments that head roadway resurfacing efforts in Chicago, have identified the first 135 miles of streets that will be resurfaced this year according to a news release shared this week by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

“Through spring, summer and fall we will build on our progress paving and patching streets in neighborhoods across Chicago,” Emanuel said. “Our residents and businesses depend on the reliability of our roads, and we will continue to build on our momentum by resurfacing and repairing more residential streets and alleyways throughout Chicago.”

The following South Side streets are slated to be paved this year, beginning as early as mid-April.

• 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)

A few streets on the North Side were chosen for resurfacing as well. This list of streets shared by Emanuel this week was not a complete list of the 135 miles identified by the two city departments that made the selections.

CDOT and the DWM have a goal of repaving at least 275 miles of roadway in the city this year, Emanuel said.

Patch file photo / Tim Moran