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. ` OF'�EC � �i - C v � � ��■. '/((INO\Y March 18, I996 PUBLIC WORKS MEMOR.ANDUM NO. 96 - 15 MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Daniel R Sommerfeldt, Acting City Manager � Bruce A McNabb, Director of Public Works George C. Weaver, Director of Communi Devel pment Matthew C. Newell, Traffic Engineeri�� SUBJECT: Lake Shore Drive Relocation Study Attached is a copy of the completed Lake Shore Drive Relocation Study along with an executive summary. This study began in early 1995 with the general purpose of determining the options and feasibility of relocating Lake Shore Drive, or its traf�c, just east of Route 51. The original aim was to provide developable land at the south end of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive ' and was expanded to investigate the impacts of reducing traffic in general on Lake Shore Drive. I The study generally involved the development of relocation or traffic diversion alternatives. Each alternate was investigated to determine traffic impacts, social impacts and environmental issues that would come into piay. Cost estimates were generated on those alternates that were detennined to show promise in accomplishing the overall objectives of the study. All of these factors were then weighed to deternune the consultant's recommendation. The study was conducted by Bucher, Willis & Ratliff based in Aurora, Illinois. Funding was through the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study (DUATS) with 80% Federal money and 20% City. � A well-attended public information meeting was conducted in December 1995 to display the alternatives and gain public comment. A brief summary of the comments received from this meeting aze attached for your review. In general, the comments voiced concerns over the truck traffic and high speeds prevalent on Lake Shore Drive. Many concerns centered on how property owners would be affected in the surrounding area.