EXISTING CONDITIONS
PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED
The purpose of the Lake Avenue project is to improve safety and mobility for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists, and to improve the infrastructure within the project area.
EXISTING CONDITIONS - TRAFFIC
The project team collected existing Average Daily Traffic (ADT) counts at the intersection of Lake/Wilmette/11th St. to analyze traffic operations.
EXISTING CONDITIONS - SAFETY
The project team reviewed crash data along the project corridor from 2018 - 2022. Over that five-year period, there were 93 total crashes. The Illinois Department of Transportation categorized the intersection of Lake/Wilmette/11th St. as High Safety Tier, indicating a high opportunity for improvement. Approximately 34% of all project-area crashes occurred at that intersection.
Lake at Wilmette/11th St.
At this multi-legged intersection, there are 80 conflict points, or locations where vehicle travel paths intersect. (A typical four-leg intersection has 24 vehicle conflict points.)
Multiple legs at the intersection also lead to driver confusion on right-of-way and reduce driver sight distance.
More than half of the crashes at the intersection are related to the 11th St. legs.
