Hancock Engineering provided the Construction Engineering services for Ridgeland Avenue in the Village of Oak Park for this Federally Funded LAFO improvement project. The project extended for 3 miles between Roosevelt and North Avenue, extending through the limits of Oak Park. The project involved the milling of pavement, removal and replacement of intermittent curb and gutter, replacement of sidewalk squares to accommodate ADA requirements, minor sewer repairs, installation of preformed thermoplastic bicycle signals, detector loops, railroad insurance, and other parkway improvements.
The project was designed to be installed in a single season; however, the Village of Oak Park elected to concurrently run a Village-funded sewer improvement project within the pavement area of Ridgeland Avenue. We have been able to work with IDOT, the Village, their underground contractor (Trine Construction) and the Ridgeland Avenue paving contractor (Johnson Paving) to extend the time frame of the paving project to three separate stages without the Village incurring any additional costs.
Ridgeland Avenue is heavily used for parking for area businesses, schools, and residents. Hancock Engineering kept this as focal point throughout construction working with the Village’s Parking Department to create parking passes for area businesses and residents to utilize during construction. We made sure to continually keep the businesses, schools, and residents up to date.