Lake Ellyn Park 2013 Master Plan

3. the vision
Improve pedestrian safety and comfort
The Park District will plan improvements to prioritize
the safety and convenience of neighborhood residents
and park visitors that are walking and/or cycling to and
from the park.
• Install a sidewalk/trail along the entire length of
Lenox Road on east side through western edge of
park; locate the path and construct it with materials
that help protect and maintain the root zone of
existing trees, i.e. permeable pavers, careful grade
adjustments, meandering alignment, etc.;
• Delineate specific pedestrian crosswalks across
adjacent public streets.
• Encourage the Village to Consider and integrate
traffic calming measures, including the possible use
of “speed tables” at crosswalks.
• Use of high-performance unit pavement systems
for all paved surfaces that achieve multiple benefits.
• Relocate street lighting from west side to east side
of Lenox Road to improve visibility along the west
edge of the park.
Minimize Pavement Surface
The Park District will minimize paved surfaces to the
degree possible while accommodating accessibility for
people of all abilities.
• Encourage the Village to narrow the pavement on
perimeter roadways (through-lanes) to the degree
possible. Delineate separate, adjacent parking
spaces, either parallel and/or angled; angled spaces
will allow for a longer stretch of the narrowed
roadway edge to be landscape/tree zone if the same
number of parking spaces are retained;
• Define parking spaces with curb extensions at
crosswalks;
• Maintain on-street parking without an increase in
total parking capacity;
• Provide additional handicap parking near the main
park entrance (several disabled parking spaces will
be retained near the Boathouse).
A neighborhood replaced asphalt streets with permeable
pavement in Charles City, Iowa
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Close up view of a permeable pavement safe crossing in
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