Chicago gets cash for Lake Shore Drive potholes

Chicago's pothole-plagued Lake Shore Drive will soon get a $4.5 million facelift.

Earlier this month, Chicago officials said the north end of the scenic route along Lake Michigan was so bad that the speed limit couldn't be raised from 40 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour, as it normally is in the summer.

But Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Milton Sees now says the state is releasing the $4.5 million in funding so the road can be resurfaced.

Chicago Department of Transportation spokesman Brian Steele says his agency has been working with state officials for about a year to get the money for the repair project.

The area to be resurfaced extends from Irving Park Road to Foster Avenue.