Lake County Gazette

The City of Lake Forest is hosting a second Public Information Meeting concerning the proposed replacement of the Lake-Woodbine Bridge located on Lake Road just north of Woodbine Lane. A previous Public Information Meeting was held on Monday, December 13, 2021.

Anyone interested in the project is invited to attend the Public Information Meeting on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Gorton Community Center in the Stuart Community Room (400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045). Persons with disabilities planning to attend the meeting may contact Byron Kutz by February 9, 2022 to make arrangements to participate. If you cannot attend in-person, the meeting will also be broadcast remotely via Zoom.  The Zoom broadcast will be recorded and available after the meeting upon request.

Join the meeting via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89879915565?pwd=dllVaW1DckhZOFNtU0F6Q1hqc0RYQT09

Webinar ID: 898 7991 5565

Passcode: 1861

There will be a brief presentation at the meeting to review:

• The project background and work to date.
• A summary of the public input offered at the last meeting.
• Updated design options for bridge-type and railing.
• Next steps.

Representatives from the City of Lake Forest and the City’s consultants for this project will be available after the presentation to answer questions and record comments offered by those in attendance.

This project is in the preliminary development stage and no reports or detailed engineering analyses have been developed beyond the Bridge Condition Report which will be available for review at the meeting. The project will require the issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness from the City’s Historic Preservation Commission. Commission review of a proposed design is tentatively scheduled for March 16, 2022. Please check the City’s website for confirmation of the meeting date: cityoflakeforest.com/calendar. Anyone who attends and signs in at this information meeting will be added to the interested parties list to receive direct mailed notice of the Historic Preservation Commission meeting. Additional community outreach will occur prior to any construction activities.

For more information, contact Superintendent of Engineering Byron Kutz at kutzb@cityoflakeforest.com or (847) 810-3555.