CDOT Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld explained that the city has a master plan for the full reconstruction of Milwaukee Avenue in nine phases from Gale Street in Jefferson Park to Grand Avenue just west of the central business district. The Belmont-to-Addison stretch is the fourth phase and took longer to start than expected because of a wait for funding, she said. She blamed the delays on the lack of a dedicated funding stream for these projects from Springfield as well as the federal government.