Sulzer needs your old games.  Thanks to our neighbors who have donated games for the Sulzer's Game Night!  If you have games that your family no longer uses, please bring them to the 47th Ward Office or to Sulzer Library. Their ever-popular "Game Night" could use a few more board games like Sorry, Chess, Life, Uno, Jenga, Rummy Cube, etc.  

Check out the infrastructure map on our webpage!

Water Main for Hermitage

City Crews from the Dept. of Water Management will begin replacing the 1890 water main under Hermitage from Irving Park to Montrose.  This work will begin in February and will be completed by May of 2013. To see the residents' notice, please click here.  

Water Main for Marshfield  

City Crews from the Dept. of Water Management will begin replacing the 1906 water main under Marshfield from Irving Park to Byron.  Work will be completed by late April 2013.   To see the residents' notice, please click here. 

Water Main for Leavitt 

City contractor has replaced the 1895 water main under Leavitt St. from Irving Park to Montrose.  Crews have restored the concrete base course.  Asphalt resurfacing will come in the spring.  To see the residents' notice, please click here. 

Sewer Mains for Wolcott and Ravenswood

City crews have finished installing sewer pipes on Wolcott (Addison to Bradley) and Ravenswood (Belmont to Roscoe). Curbline to curbline asphalt resurfacing will take place in the Spring once temperatures allow.  To see the residents' notice, please click here.

Lawrence Avenue Streetscape Update

The Chicago Department of Procurement Services will soon post bid request for the Lawrence Ave Streetscape project. Their process generally takes 2-3 months so the start date will be delayed until May or June.  We expect the project to stay on schedule, completing construction between Western and Damen by the end of the 2013 construction season, however tree planting and other landscaping will probably be put off until 2014, when they will be starting construction from Damen to Clark.  This will not impact the progress of the Ravenswood Station commercial development or the Metra station project.

Metra Traffic Closures and Detours 

• Leland detours and bridge closure will be up until June 28, 2013.
• Ravenswood from Lawrence to Leland will have parking restrictions until June 28, 2013.  
• Lawrence: Eastbound lane restriction for demolition March 2-5, 2013 
• Foster 
• Full CLOSURE March 12 - 14 & March 19, 2013.
• Lane restrictions at Foster March 15 - April 12, 2013.
• Irving Park 
• Westbound lane restrictions February 27 - March 8, 2013.
• Westbound CLOSURE for demolition March 9 - 12, 2013 & April 1 - 6, 2013
• Eastbound lane restrictions March 13 - 22, 2013
• Eastbound CLOSURE March 23, 25 - 30, 2013

Parking restrictions and detours may be opened, when possible, and re-closed once work is ready to resume.   

For more information, visit the infrastructure section of our website or contact Bill Higgins at bill@chicago47.org or 773-549-2745.