Village of Shorewood Riverfront Master Plan and Route 52 / Route 59 Corridor Study

Village of Shorewood Riverfront Master Plan and Route 52 / Route 59 Corridor Study

Project Overview
What an exciting time for Shorewood! The riverfront has long been ready to contribute to the quality of life of the community and Village leaders have undertaken the preparation of a Master Plan that will define the vision of the unique area where the DuPage River intersects Illinois Route 52 and Illinois Route 59. The plan will create opportunities to strengthen the identity of the Village of Shorewood and make use of the rich river resources that abound in the Village of Shorewood.

The scope of the study will be along the Riverfront and Route 59 from Hammel Woods to I-80 and along Route 52 from Brookshore Drive to I-55.

Once complete, the master plan will illustrate the scope, scale, character, and potential long range vision for access to and improvements within the planning area. The plan will identify budget, policy, phasing, financing, and promotional tools needed to successfully achieve the plan goals, starting with tools that will help within the next 5 years.

The process will be an energetic community-centered approach. This is your community and you are invited to participate. The study is broken into four main phases; Overall Project, Recreation Areas, Corridor Areas, and Master Plan Summary. Within these four phases, the project team will perform a detailed site analysis of the corridors, gather available data, and seek public and board input. This information will be used to establish a program and vision for the project area to guide decisions. The project team will then focus on the Recreation Areas, preparing land use plans and detailed master plans of key areas. That same approach will be applied along the Route 59 Corridor Areas, and the two blended into one cohesive final report. Close coordination and multiple meetings will occur between the project team, Village staff, and the adjacent stakeholders to build group consensus throughout the process.

We Welcome Your Feedback
Several public input meetings, as well as online surveys, will occur throughout the process. Direct feedback can be sent to:
Eric Hornig, Project Manager, Hitchcock Design Group
shorewood@hitchcockdesigngroup.com

Project Vision

Project Schedule
Several key dates have been identified. Please check back for details.

Overall Project
Research and Analysis Phase	Winter 2008
Program Phase	March 2009
Village Board, Planning and Zoning, and Park and Recreation Committee Input Meeting	March 3, 2009
User Input Survey	June 18, 2009

Recreation Areas	June 2009
Preliminary Design Phase	Fall 2009
Comparable Site Tours	October 17, 2009
Village Board, Planning and Zoning, and Park and Recreation Committee Input Meeting	November 16, 2009
Village Board, Planning and Zoning, and Park and Recreation Committee Input Meeting	January 18, 2010
Citizens Advisory Council Meeting	July 19, 2010
Village Board Meeting	July 27, 2010

Corridor Areas	To Be Determined
Preliminary Design Phase
Final Design

Project Documents
Click the links below to download the current project documents. Documents are in Adobe Acrobat.

Master Plan

Draft Master Plan

Memorandum
Project Vision
Key Priorities
Opportunity and Constraints Summary
Regulatory Constraints Summary
Public Survey Summary

Exhibits
Overall Master Plan
Intersection Enlargement
Gabrielson / West Shore Park Enlargement
Shorewood Park Enlargement
Opportunity and Constraints Map
Keyed Site Photography - River
Keyed Site Photography - Corridors
Aerial Photograph
USGS Map
Hydrology Plan
Topography Plan
Vegetation Plan
Zoning Plan
Land Use Plan
Building Plan
Transportation Plan
Utility Plan