80 LINCOLN HWY 30 NELSON RD NELSON VETERANS PKWY VINE ST CEDAR RD CEDAR 30 LINCOLN HWY Village of New Lenox Route 30 Corridor Implementation Plan Adopted June 24, 2013 Acknowledgements Mayor Village Staff Steering Committee Consultant Team Timothy A. Baldermann Robin Ellis Rob Ayers Houseal Lavigne Associates, LLC Community Development Director Gary Berner 134 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1100 Annette Bowden Chicago, Illinois 60602 Trustees Nancy Hoehn Todd Mensik (312) 372-1008 Economic Development Director Jack Pfingston (CMAP) www.hlplanning.com Annette Bowden Sue Stinnett Dave Butterfield Jeff Smith Senior Planner with technical assistance provided by: Nancy Dye Ruettiger, Tonelli & Associates, Inc. Keith Madsen Kate Andris 2174 Oneida Street Dave Smith Assistant to the Village Administrator Joliet, IL 60435 Ray Tuminello (815) 744-6600 www. ruettigertonelli.com CMAP Go To 2040 Plan A Special Thanks to Those Who Participated The Go To 2040 Plan, completed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Thank you to all the residents, business owners/operators, stakeholders, and service provid- (CMAP), is a comprehensive regional plan that seeks to maintain and strengthen the ers that participated in development of the Route 30 Corridor Implementation Plan. The region’s economic, environmental, and general livability through leveraging human capital, input provided by those who participated has been incorporated into the Plan’s recom- creating a more efficient government, and enhancing regional mobility. mendations and will serve as a guide for future development along Route 30. As a big picture policy document, the plan sets forth land use, transportation, housing, environmental sustainability, economic development, and local government finance recom- mendations for government officials to consider when conducting planning efforts. For the Corridor, the Go To 2040 Plan serves as an overarching reference document for transpor- tation and mobility and land use and housing. Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction 01 Section 5-1 Urban Design Framework Right-of-Way Improvements 22 Regional Setting 02 Parkway Treatments 23 Corridor Character Zones 03 Median Enhancements 24 Gateways & Wayfinding 24 Section 2 Report of Community Input 04 Lighting 25 Pedestrian Amenities & Site Furnishings 25 Section 3 Land Use & Development Framework 10 Overhead Utilities 26 Development Opportunity Sites 12 Public Art Installations 26 Development Opportunity – Site E 14 Development Opportunity – Site N 15 Section 5-2 Urban Design Framework On-Site Improvements 27 On-Site Improvement Program 28 Section 4 Multi-Modal Transportation Framework 16 Façade Improvement Program 28 Roadways & Signalized Intersections 18 Architectural Character 29 Access from the Public Street 19 Signs 29 Parking Management & Circulation 20 Perimeter & Interior Parking Lot Landscaping 30 Pedestrian/Bicyclist Safety & Mobility 21 Fencing, Screening & Buffering 31 Illustrative On-site Improvement Plan 32 Section 6 Implementation 33 Implementation Action Matrix 37 Introduction The Village of New Lenox is seeking to change the perception residents, busi- Purpose of the Corridor Planning Existing Conditions Regional Setting Study Area Setting ness owners, and visitors have as they Implementation Plan Process Synthesis Report The Village of New Lenox is located in The Study Area for the New Lenox U.S. travel through the Village. Prompted by Will County, approximately 40 miles Route 30 Corridor Implementation Plan recent investments into the Corridor –the The purpose of the Implementation Plan The planning process for this study entails As part of the planning process, an Existing southwest of downtown Chicago. It is a focuses on U.S. Route 30, or Lincoln High- New Lenox Commons and recent Illinois will be to take action on multi-modal trans- six different steps. Conditions Synthesis Report was created predominantly residential suburban com- way, through the historic commercial core Department of Transportation (IDOT) portation efforts and aesthetic character to document Route 30’s existing physi- munity of approximately 25,000 people, of New Lenox from Interstate 80 on the and beautification efforts by refining com- ▪ Step 1: Project Initiation – the “kick- cal condition, summarize past studies and improvements to Route 30 east of the off” for the project involved meet- and its municipal boundaries encompass west to the Norfolk and Western Railroad ponents of the Corridor Revitalization Plan plans, and identify the issues and opportu- Study Area – the Village is interested in ing with the steering committee approximately 16 square miles. The Village line on the east. The Study Area extends revisiting planning along the corridor by (completed in 2006), generating new ideas nities for the New Lenox Route 30 Cor- has excellent transportation connectivity just north of Route 30 to the Chicago, for improving the Corridor based on com- ▪ Step 2: Community Outreach ridor Implementation Plan. Since there has preparing for implementation. – workshops were held with com- with direct access to downtown Chicago Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad (C.R.I & munity input, and identifying possible fund- already been a Route 30 Corridor Revital- munity members and an on-line and the greater metro area via Interstates P) line, which connects freight and passen- The Plan is organized into the following ing sources for these efforts. The Village project website provided a forum ization Plan developed for the Village back 80 and 355 and both the Southwest Ser- ger trains to Chicago and Joliet. The New six sections: of New Lenox, prompted by some recent for community feedback, which in 2006, this interim report is not meant to vice and the Rock Island Metra lines. Lenox Rock Island Metra Station, located developments (namely the New Lenox included a project mapping tool be an exhaustive inventory of all the condi- along the railroad line at the intersection of Section 1 Introduction Route 30 is a Historic Byway and principal ▪ Commons and recent Illinois Department Step 3: Existing Conditions Inven- tions and issues, but rather an overview to Route 30 and Cedar Road, provides com- Section 2 Report of ▪ ▪ of Transportation (IDOT) improvements tory and Analysis – included field serve as a starting point for developing the arterial road connecting a string of south muter train service to downtown Chicago. Community Input to Route 30 east of the Study Area), is reconnaissance, mapping, and a Corridor’s Implementation Plan. and west suburban Chicago communities ▪ Section 3 Land Use & Devel- interested in revisiting planning along the review of past plans and studies from Aurora, through Joliet, and east into Predominately a commercial corridor dat- opment Framework The report documents existing condi- Corridor by preparing for implementation. Step 4: “Core” Plans and Recommen- Indiana. Through New Lenox, Route 30 ing back to before World War II, Route 30 ▪ tions regarding the Route 30 Corridor, ▪ Section 4 Multi-Modal Trans- dations – provided recommendations is a commercial corridor that parallels the has long served as a center for retail and portation Framework on land use and development, urban as obtained from on-site field research; Rock Island Metra rail line. The Corridor office activity. Today, the Corridor boasts ▪ Section 5 Urban design, multi-modal transportation, and the various workshops and key person intersects with Interstate 80 at the western approximately 90 businesses. A relatively Design Framework How to Use this Plan implementation and funding strategies interviews which provide helpful insight edge of the Village. high automobile traffic volume on Route into the assets and challenges of the Cor- ▪ Section 6 Implementation This Plan should be adopted as an adden- ▪ Step 5: Illustrative Develop- 30 helps accommodate and attract a range dum to the New Lenox Comprehensive ment Concepts and Site Plan ridor; reviewing previous plans and studies The Village boasts a high quality public of commercial activity. The Study Area is Plan and used as a foundation for decision- – prepared site concepts for pri- related to the Corridor including land use, school system, outdoor recreational areas, adjacent to the New Lenox Commons, making for matters pertaining to the Route ority sites along the Corridor zoning, infrastructure, and transportation; and excellent transportation connectivity which is the central green space for the 30 Corridor. This Plan should be used by ▪ Step 6: Document Preparation and summarizing results collected from the via Interstate 80 and the Rock Island Metra community and features several important elected and appointed officials, Village staff, – present draft and final docu- planning mapper tool made available on rail line. civic uses. property and business owners, developers, ments to steering committee and the project website. residents, and others to guide Village invest- present draft to Plan Commis- Portions of the information and findings ment, capital improvements, development sion during a public hearing from the report have been carried forward character and intensity, and site and mobil- Upon completion of incorporating guid- Corridor Character into the Implementation Plan while some ity improvements throughout the corridor. ance and input from the Public and the of the information will remain only in the Zones Plan Commission, the updated plan will Existing Conditions Synthesis Report. To This Plan is intended to provide the play- be submitted to the Village