metra construction: sunnyside area
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View North
Existing
Wilson to Sunnyside Existing Anticipated
Parking on east side of street 25 spaces 25 spaces (approximately)
Community Green Space 15,279 square feet 18,610 square feet (+22%)
Natural Drainage Area none 3 areas
Sunnyside to Montrose Existing Anticipated
Parking on east side of street 62 spaces 44 spaces (approximately)
Community Green Space 3,317 square feet 12,694 square feet (+283%)
Natural Drainage Area none 3 areas
Area Facts
rendering to come
Proposed
Safety Fence(on RR property line)
Landscape Wall
Stormwater Management Areas
The West Ravenswood Corridor Greenway Metra North Line Improvements
Cross Section
Sunnyside AreaThe proposed Wilson-Sunnyside Avenues landscape improvements continue south to Sunnyside, essentially with little change. However, between Sunnyside and Montrose Avenues, as in other sections of the Ravenswood Greenway, the bulk of current landscape plantings are on railroad property and will be removed during the project construction. An additional fifteen feet of new green space is proposed to be created by narrowing the width of Ravenswood Avenue, changing the street to one-way southbound and converting the existing head-in parking to angle parking. This will provide sufficient width to avoid installation of a high retaining wall and al-low for use of a lower, plantable landscape wall. While all current landscaping will be removed, the new parkway will allow for an equal amount of greenery plus opportunities for sustainable drainage improvements.
If this portion of Ravenswood Avenue is not narrowed to allow for a substantial landscaped parkway area, the green space remaining after project completion will be about five feet wide, backed by a continuous “high wall.” This will be a more pronounced change for the landscaping in this area, which is currently well-maintained by area businesses.
Existing
Green Space
4' Concrete Parking Wall
Traffic Flow Traffic Flow
Safety Fence
RR Property Line RR Property Line
Existing Train Track
Parallel Parking Parallel Parking
Proposed
Railroad“high wall”at end of
blocks only
Landscape “bump-out” for traffic calming
and stormwater mitigation Landscape
“bump-out” for traffic calming
and stormwater mitigation
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west RAvenswood Avenuewest RAvenswood Avenue
Width of Existing Green SpaceGreen Space
Existing Landscape Plantings (on RR property)
New Landscape Plantings
Head-in Parking Angled Parking
New Train Track
Landscape Wall
Bridge
New and wider landscape plantings
replace existing landscaping largely on
railroad property
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