Metra Construction: Winnemac Area

8/7/2019 Metra Construction: Winnemac Area

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Foster to Winnemac Existing Anticipated

Parking on east side o street 68 spaces 53 spaces (approximately)

Community Green Space 14,358 square eet 21,909 square eet (+53%)

Natural Drainage Area none 3 areas

Area Facts

The West Ravenswood Corridor Greenway Metra North Line Improvements

Cross Section

 Winnemac AreaTe green space between Winona Street and Winnemac Avenue has been cared or by a group o neighbors who live on the west side o Ravenswood Avenue. Over the years they have made many improvements to this

landscape and continue to maintain it.Te narrowing o Ravenswood to a one-way street will make trac ow riendlier and increase the amounto green space available or community landscaping. Te new green space will also appear as a larger and morecontinuous parkway due to the landscape improvements planned between Winona and Foster. Te need ora continuous high retaining wall will be avoided through use o lower, plantable landscape walls to handle thesoil slopes, producing a tiered, garden-like efect. Te tiered walls will also allow or the preservation o someo the larger existing trees.

Tis plan also includes converting the head-in parking just north o Winnemac to parallel parking to urtherincrease the amount o community green space.

Green Space Landscape Wall

Landscape Wall

Trafc Flow Trafc Flow

Existing Train Track

Parallel Parking Parallel ParkingParallel Parking Parallel Parking

New Train Track

 Width o Existing Green SpaceGreen Space

RR Property Line

Saety FenceSaety Fence

RR Property Line

Green Space

Saety Fence(onRRpropertyline)

Landscape Wall

New and widerlandscape plantings

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or trafc calming andstormwater mitigation