Shorewood to vote on narrowing south end of Lake Drive

SHOREWOOD - The village is holding two public meetings about a proposal to narrow Lake Drive from four to two lanes south of Capitol Drive.

The Shorewood Village Board unanimously voted in January to narrow the village's section north of Capitol Drive from four to two lanes. As part of that process, some community members said they would also favor a lane reduction on the village's south end of Lake Drive.

Shorewood residents are invited to weigh in on the proposal to narrow Lake Drive from Capitol Drive and Edgewood Avenue at a community meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, April 9, in the Shorewood Village Center, 3920 N. Murray Ave.

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The village board is expected to discuss and vote on the lane reconfiguration on April 16. If approved, the southern half of Lake Drive would be narrowed along with the northern half of the road during a resurfacing project that is expected to occur between July 9 and Sept. 28.

In addition to narrowing lanes, the village's approved resurfacing plan north of Capitol Drive would also install temporary speed monitoring signs and stripe ladder crosswalks at key intersections north of Atwater Park.

Vehicles will be able to park on the east and west side of Lake Drive north of Capitol Drive during peak hours, except for the east side within 50 feet of T-intersections and the west side within 500 feet to the north of the intersection of Capitol and Lake drives.