Arlington Hts. giving local streets facelifts, or more

The good news is that streets are being resurfaced, reconstructed and rehabilitated in Arlington Heights.

But that means you might want to avoid certain streets this summer, and if you live on one of them it could mean hiking a ways to your house.

The village board has contracted with Arrow Road Construction of Mount Prospect to do $5.6 million in road work.

Resurfacing funds totaling $3.3 million will come mostly from the village general fund. Reconstruction and rehabilitation money, $2.3 million, will come from motor fuel taxes.

Resurfacing involves grinding the surface of the road and applying new asphalt. Occasional curbs and sidewalks might be replaced.

Rehabilitation, lasting 8-10 weeks, means all curbs and gutters are replaced; all driveway aprons are replaced because grade changes may be required; the street is resurfaced and some sidewalks and drainage is repaired.

Reconstruction, lasting 10-12 weeks, is much the same as rehabilitation, but it also includes removing the street down to the soil and replacing it with asphalt.

When driveway aprons are replaced the contractor has 15 working days to make residents' driveways usable again.

The rehab projects are:

• Rockwell Street: Will be rehabbed and widened from Lincoln Lane to Dryden Place.

• Beverly Lane: Rehabilitated from Fairview Street to Mayfair Road.

• Lincoln Lane: Rehabbed from Fairview Street to Rockwell Street.

The following streets will be reconstructed:

• Hintz Road from Rand Road to Kennicott Avenue.

• Huntington Drive, a horseshoe-shaped street that intersects twice with Windsor Drive.

• Lillian Lane from Stratford Road to Waterman Road.

• Noyes Street from Kaspar Avenue to Harvard Avenue.

• Canterbury Court from Raleigh Street to the cul-de-sac.

• Techny Road from Kennicott Avenue to Ridge Avenue.

Resurfacing

Streets that will be resurfaced only are:

Belmont Avenue from Rockwell Street to Orchard Street; Beverly Lane from Rockwell Street to Central Road; Brighton Place from Palatine Road to Briar Place; Bristol Lane from Rockwell Street to Orchard Street; Burton Place from George Street north to the dead end; Burton Place from Rockwell Street to Orchard Street; Carriage Way Drive from Dundee Road to the cul-de-sac.

Chestnut Avenue from Campbell Street to Wing Street; Douglas Avenue from White Oak Street to Cypress Street; Dunton Avenue from Berkley Drive to north of Henry Street; Evergreen Avenue from Oakton Street to the cul-de-sac; Frederick Street from Belmont Avenue to Haddow Avenue; George Street from Arlington Heights Road to Bristol Lane; Grove Street from Kennicott Avenue to Ridge Avenue; Harvard Avenue from Grove Street to Sigwalt Street; Lincoln Lane from Rockwell Street south to the dead end.

Mitchell Avenue from Oakton Street to Hawthorne Street; Olive Street from Arlington Heights Road to Dunton Avenue and from Douglas Avenue to Dryden Avenue; Patton Avenue from Grove Street to Fairview Street; Pine Avenue from Sigwalt Street to south of Grove Street; The southbound lane will be patched on Pine Avenue from Hawthorne Street to Marshall Street.

Ridge Avenue from Sigwalt Street to Park Street; Salem Avenue from Northwest Highway north to the cul-de-sac and from Wing Street to St. James Street; Seegers Road from Arlington Heights Road to Goebbert Road; Vail Avenue Avenue from Fairview Street to Orchard Street; Wilke Road from Nichols Road to Ventura Drive; Wing Street from Ridge Avenue to Chestnut Street; Yale Avenue from Kirchoff Road to Sigwalt Street. Also Surface Commuter Lot A on Northwest Highway, west of Vail Street.

Streets getting resurfaced with tax increment financing funds:

Evergreen Avenue from Northwest Highway to Eastman Street; Dunton Avenue from Northwest Highway to Eastman Street; Miner Street from Arlington Heights Road to Dunton Avenue.

If enough TIF money is available, Eastman Street will be resurfaced from Arlington Heights Road to Vail Street.