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' ��F Ecy' DECATUR, ILLINOIS <br /> c <br /> v � Lake Shore Driue Relocation Study <br /> ' ��«�� <br /> � <br /> � CHAPTER 2 ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT <br /> , Conceptual Development Guidelines <br /> The first purpose of this study is to identify alternatives for the modification of Lake Shore Drive <br /> � which are consistent with the redevelopment guidelines identified in the previous studies. The Lake <br /> Decatur Area Development Study identified four liabilities of Lake Shore Drive as it related to the <br /> Conceptual Development Guidelines for infrastructure. <br /> � • Freeway-like interchange at U.S. 51 and Lake Shore Drive. <br /> • Heavy traffic on Lake Shore Drive,including trucks <br /> , • Lack of sidewalks on Lake Shore Drive <br /> • Barrier effect of Lake Shore Drive <br /> The Conceptual Development Guidelines for infrastructure improvements suggested the following <br /> � as desirable objectives. <br /> • Remove the U.S.51 and Lake Shore Drive interchange. <br /> , • Reduce total traffic demand on Lake Shore Drive. <br /> � • Remove truck traffic from Lake Shore Drive. <br /> • Relocate Lake Shore Drive away from the shore line adjacent to Mueller Park. <br /> � • Provide a pedestrian and bicycle link between Lincoln Park,Mueller Park and Chandler Park. <br /> � Identification of Alternatives � <br /> � Several alternative relocations of Lake Shore Drive and redesignations of Illinois Route 105 were <br /> identified in the context of the Conceptual Development Guidelines objectives for infrastructure <br /> improvements. Although each of the alternatives met the objectives to varying degrees,they also <br /> 1 produced different traffic impacts,social impacts,and incurred different implementation costs,each <br /> of which will be presented in a later section of the study report. The alternatives developed for <br /> consideration are briefly described in the following paragraphs along with an evaluation of whether <br /> or not they met the infrastructure objectives. Those alternatives requiring realignment of Lake Shore <br /> � Drive have been conceptually illustrated in Figures 2-1 through 2-7. <br /> � <br /> � <br /> � Bucher, Willis F�Ratliff-3 <br /> 1'\WiOTWi'C\REI'OR15\REI'ORT WP6 <br />