More Stop Signs Pushed In Elmhurst Neighborhoods

ELMHURST, IL – Elmhurst is looking to add stop signs at 30 intersections without any stop or yield signs now.

This is the result of traffic studies for two eastern Elmhurst areas. Previous studies have made similar recommendations.

Here are the currently "uncontrolled" intersections where one-way or two-way stops are proposed:

• Fairlane Avenue with Marion Street
• Park Avenue with Kenmore Avenue
• Park Avenue with Chandler Avenue
• Park Avenue with Lawndale Avenue
• Park Avenue with Linden Avenue
• Park Avenue with Elm Tree Lane
• Park Avenue with Fairlane Avenue
• Park Avenue with Church Street
• Park Avenue with Huntington Lane
• Park Avenue with Atwater Avenue
• Park Avenue with Boyd Avenue
• Chandler Avenue with Forester Avenue
• Elm Tree Lane with Marion Street
• Linden Avenue with Huntington Lane
• Boyd Avenue with Huntington Lane
• Boyd Avenue with Atwater Avenue
• Grantley Avenue with Willow Road
• Freemont Avenue with Kenilworth Avenue
• DuPage Avenue with Berteau Avenue
• Third Street with Maison Court
• Schiller Street with Willow Road
• Schiller Street with Pine Street
• Schiller Street with Maison Court
• Schiller Street with Caroline Avenue (south leg)
• Schiller Street with Richard Avenue
• First Street with Clara Place
• First Street with Willow Road
• First Street with Pine Street
• First Street with Avon Road
• First Street with Clinton Avenue

The traffic studies by Rosemont-based KLOA are online.

The first study covered the area with Interstate 290 on the north and east, First Street on the south and York Street on the west.

The second area is bounded by Park Avenue on the north, I-290 on the east, St. Charles Road on the south and York Street on the west.

At 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall, the City Council's public safety committee is expected to take a final look at the traffic studies. Then the documents go to the City Council for consideration.

The public can comment at City Council and committee meetings.

Over the next few years, traffic studies are planned for all Elmhurst neighborhoods.

The city has hired KLOA to do neighborhood-by-neighborhood traffic studies. This is a change from its historic approach of reviewing problems at individual intersections.