IDOT, CTA to Hold I-290 Meeting Oct. 29 in Oak Park

State Senator Don Harmon announced Tuesday that Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider will appear at an Oct. 29 town hall meeting he is convening to discuss the planned I-290 reconstruction project. A top CTA official also will participate, according to a news release from Sen. Harmon.

The town hall will be held at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School from 7:30-9:00 p.m., where the community will have an opportunity to hear from Schneider, appointed IDOT Secretary in October 2011 by Gov. Pat Quinn, according to the release.

Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions about the agency’s proposed alternatives for reconfiguring lanes along a stretch of the Eisenhower between Racine Avenue and Mannheim Road. 

IDOT has said it will choose a final “preferred” alternative by late 2014, and begin detailed engineering leading to construction within the next few years.

The CTA is conducting its own study of potential improvements to the Blue Line along the same transportation corridor. IDOT held public meetings on the project Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 in Chicago and Forest Park, and is accepting formal public comments on the information presented at those meetings until Nov. 7 at www.eisenhowerexpressway.com.

Information courtesy of a news release from Sen. Don Harmon's office.