Village of Lombard Legistar System

Soderstrom: Board's intention is for us to address left in/left out intersections on Rte.

53. St. Charles to North Ave. will be 4 lanes with raised median in between. St. Charles

to Roosevelt will not be considered for expansion at this time. Would like us to review

North of St. Charles and South of St. Charles. Joan and Dick in attendance for this

purpose I assume.

Items to be considered: General access, increased traffic volumes, effects on residents

in immediate area. Request to IDOT of expansion of Rte. 53 from St. Charles to

Madison and have signalization at Madison. One has an impact on another.

Michael O'Neal (resident living on Rte. 53): My parents live on Harding. No complaints

with police at all, they are doing all that they can possibly do. Drivers are flagrantly

disobeying the signs/know where the police are going to be. People feel they do not

have a safe way to enter our town. They are tired at the end of the day and just want to

get home. I assumed these are out of town residents, when in actuality they are mostly

Lombard residents. Schwarz: what would your recommendation be? O'Neal: I spoke

with Dick Schroeder and he said he will open Madison as soon as Charles Lane

reopens. DeStephano: it is difficult for people to get out, but there are many people

that are trying to get home. Has forced traffic down to St. Charles Rd., North Ave., and

Roosevelt. During rush hour it is impossible to get out on to St. Charles. People on

Columbine can't get out of their driveways due to the large backup of traffic. Would like

to see these signs taken down. Please consider a safe alternative to posting these

signs. We owe people the right to get home in a safe and timely manner. Soderstrom:

Would you like us to look at Meadow also? DeStephano: hopefully it will be a

signalized intersection by IDOT.

Tross: s/b Rte. 53 on to e/b Meadow is prohibited. Woodland took precedent over that

years ago because of cut thru traffic. Soderstrom: exactly the same reasons for

Harding, Harris, Charles Lane, and Madison. Tross: Needs to be Meadow fully

signalled and Madison fully signalled. IDOT only paying for Meadow. We are giving

ourselves a problem to all of the people that live there and making them unhappy. We

need to open up Charles Lane and have the township open up Madison. This is just not

doing anyone any service.

Soderstrom: when we decided to close Charles Lane, the commissioner was requested

to close Madison and Harding. Considerable decrease in e/b traffic on Madison after

Finley. One of the considerations was cut thru traffic thru Madison, Harding and

Harrison.

Johnson: there now is an increase of traffic on St. Charles, Finley, Maple and Main. I

believe that North Ave. is causing some of the problem.

Bedard: why will they not open Madison unless we open Charles Lane? Is it political?

Soderstrom: Yes. Kuehl: What are the school bus patterns here? Soderstrom:

Haven't heard anything from 44, have heard through grapevine that 87 does not have an

issue with this. Bedard: Raised median/what about access to driveways? Soderstrom:

Breaks will allow for u-turns. Bedard: lowering of bridge will cause less problems at

Meadow. Soderstrom: won't eliminate completely, but will help. Madison will

lower/higher by IDOT if decided to do. Schwarz: We need to address first of all if IDOT

proceeds as planned (stopping at St. Charles) what we need to remedy are some of the

restrictions that we have placed out there. Do we listen to the residents of Lombard the

way that we should. Some of the ways to relieve these problems is to open up some of

these restrictions that we have imposed. Kuehl: Northbound 53, southbound 53, or do

nothing. North Ave. to St.Charles will be done within the next few years. St.Charles to

Roosevelt nothing will happen withing the next 5 years or longer.

Soderstrom: If Charles Lane was to be reopened the estimated cost would be $300,000

for necessary improvements. Lepins: IDOT has established that they are doing project

from North Ave. to St. Charles. Schwarz: No they won't. Soderstrom: there

commitment now is to stop at St. Charles Rd.

Expansion stops at St. Charles what should we do?

Motion made by Art Kuehl, seconded by Ed Bedard to open up Charles Lane with full

access in conjunction with the immediate reopening and full access of Madison by the

Township Supervisor,