The 183rd Street traffic diet project is still on the table. But it’s over behind the butter dish and the extra salt shaker, not exactly the main course. There was a certain amount of excitement (and a dash of dread) in 2022 when Homewood Public Works did a test of[Read More…]
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183rd Street traffic restructuring project inches forward
Homewood’s grant application for restructuring lanes on 183rd Street from about Morgan Street west to Dixie Highway has been approved, but that doesn’t mean work is imminent. Public Works Director John Schaefer said the village received word in April that the project was approved for a $232,875 Illinois Transportation Enhancement[Read More…]
State approves funding for Flossmoor streetscape, 183rd Street road diet projects
Homewood and Flossmoor will benefit from $127.9 million being awarded through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) that is expanding travel options and enhancing quality of life in communities throughout the state. Among the grants awarded was nearly $1.2 million for Flossmoor’s downtown streetscape project and $232,875 for Homewood’s 183rd traffic diet project. Both projects[Read More…]
Homewood could seek grant to help implement traffic diet plan on 183rd Street
Homewood trustees will vote Tuesday, Sept. 13, on whether to authorize staff to complete a grant application that would offset costs involved in restructuring traffic lanes on 183rd Street from Dixie Highway east to Morgan Street. The “traffic diet” plan was one suggestion made by engineers from Burns & McDonnell[Read More…]
Homewood begins ‘traffic diet’ experiment on 183rd Street
Lines of orange traffic control barrels were placed along a portion of 183rd Street in Homewood from just east of Riegel Road to east of Aberdeen Street to test the effects of reducing the street from four traffic lanes to two. The village plans to monitor traffic patterns and congestion[Read More…]
Homewood officials to present first phase of 183rd Street improvement plan
Village staff will present to the Homewood Board of Trustees an initial plan for addressing safety issues on 183rd Street at the board’s regular meeting Tuesday, March 22. The plan is the next step in a process started when the village commissioned a traffic study last year that included an[Read More…]
Traffic study focuses on 183rd Street safety issues
A graphic from the 183rd Street Traffic Study conducted by Burns and McDonnell shows the number of crashes at points along the street. Click on the image for a larger version. A study examining 183rd Street traffic patterns and ways to address safety concerns of Homewood trustees and residents was[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to consider contract for 183rd Street traffic study
Traffic safety on 183rd Street in Homewood has been a high priority for residents and village officials after a fatal accident last summer, and on Tuesday trustees will have an opportunity to take another step toward improving the situation. On the board’s agenda for its 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday, Feb.[Read More…]
Charges filed in fatal crash on 183rd Street last year
Charges were filed Friday against the 21-year-old driver of a Porsche that was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of an Indiana man last summer, according to a Homewood Police statement. Lindsey Anderson, of Homewood, was charged with aggravated DUI involving death, reckless homicide, aggravated unlawful use[Read More…]
Letter: 183rd Street needs to be reconceived, redesigned
There is an immediacy to the public’s demand for a traffic light at 183rd Street and Center Avenue in response to the tragic crash on July 22 that must be addressed. As the H-F Chronicle reported, the Village of Homewood has begun that work. Helping drivers, walkers and cyclists negotiate this tricky[Read More…]