Two key components of the Mount Prospect Strategic Plan are to invest in our roadway infrastructure and implement our Complete Streets Policy. Schoenbeck Road is a local collector street that has deteriorated to the point where resurfacing is necessary to prevent increased maintenance costs in the future that would require reconstructing the roadway. In addition, there is no sidewalk or street lighting on either side of Schoenbeck Road. Pedestrians must walk in the roadway or on the grass adjacent to the curb. The Village of Mount Prospect is committed to developing and implementing a plan that will significantly enhance the transportation system and benefit motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, schools, nearby public buildings, and our residents.
The Village has received a Surface Transportation Program (STP) federal grant that will pay up to 75% of construction and construction engineering costs for the roadway and sidewalk improvements. As such, the Village must follow federal guidelines with every phase of these aspects of the project. Lighting will be entirely locally funded and not subject to the federal process. Construction of the lighting is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2023, with completion in the spring of 2024. Resurfacing of the roadway and construction of the sidewalk is planned for 2025.
The project limits are Rand Road to the south and Camp McDonald Road to the north, approximately 0.4 miles in length. Roadway resurfacing is just one goal; it will also include evaluating and designing a sidewalk along the west side of Schoenbeck Road, adding a crosswalk & pedestrian signals across Schoenbeck Road at Rand Road, and adding crosswalks and pedestrian signals across the south & east legs at Camp McDonald Road and Rand Road. Lighting is being designed along the east side of Schoenbeck Road. The street lights will be silver aluminum poles with LED luminaires, similar to the one on Schoenbeck Road just south of Camp McDonald Road, and spaced approximately 250’ apart.
Coordination will be required with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Cook County Department of Transportation & Highways, the City of Prospect Heights, private utility companies, and nearby residents and businesses.
