Streetscape Improvement Program coming to Belmont Cragin
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A stretch of Fullerton in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood is about to get a makeover.
A new streetscape improvement program will be announced at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
The $11 million plan will repair a 1.4-mile stretch of the road between Narragansett and Lockwood Avenues that's filled with potholes.
The improvements include a pedestrian island, high visibility crosswalks, new sidewalks, pavement patching, new street lighting, and parkway trees.
city leaders say they will also upgrade the infrastructure to make the road safer for pedestrians.
