Notice: 2011 Holiday Restrictions
Office of Underground Cooperation (OUC) – Holiday Restrictions
Per Information Received from Chicago’s OUC…

Due to the upcoming holiday season, the Department of Transportation has directed that NO Street Openings or Traffic Obstructions, other than those for Emergency purposes, be placed within the following limits:

“Beginning at the easternmost point of Division Street extending to Lake Michigan, then west on Division Street to LaSalle Street, then South on LaSalle Street to Chicago Avenue, then West on Chicago Avenue to Halsted Street, South on Halsted Street to Roosevelt Road, then East on Roosevelt Road to its easternmost point extended to Lake Michigan.”

This directive will be in effect from:
Friday November 18th, 2011 at 12:01 am to Monday January 2nd, 2012 at 12:01 am.
Please note that all existing permits will be automatically revoked during this period. Restrictions will not be lifted for any non-emergency work without special permit exemption by the City of Chicago Department of Transportation Division of Infrastructure Management Public Way Permits Division.

Special permit requests are to be made to:

Mr. Michael Simon
Assistant Director Public Way Permit Office
121 N LaSalle Street, Room 905
Chicago, IL 60602.

Also, all work performed January 2nd, 2012 thru April 1, 2012 will be subject to criteria acceptable for snow removal/control operations.

If you have questions or concerns regarding the holiday moratorium, give us a call at 800.407.7990.

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The City of Chicago’s Department of Transportation has released the 2009 holiday season restrictions.  Per information received from CDOT, we’d like to notify you that:

The Department of Transportation has directed that NO street openings or traffic obstructions, other than those for Emergency purposes, be placed within the following…

Beginning at the easternmost point of Division Street extended to Lake Michigan, then west on Division Street to LaSalle Street, then south on LaSalle Street to Chicago Avenue, then west on Chicago Avenue to Halsted Street, south on Halsted Street to Roosevelt Road, then east on Roosevelt Road to its easternmost point extended to Lake Michigan.

This directive will be in effect as of Saturday November 21, 2009 at 12:01 am until Monday January 4, 2010 at 6:00 am, inclusive.

PLEASE NOTE that all existing permits will be automatically revoked during this period.  Restrictions will not be lifted for any non-emergency work without special permit exemption by The Department of Transportation, Traffic Management Authority.  Special Permit requests are to be made to:

Mr. Michael Simon
121 N LaSalle St Rm905
Chicago, IL 60602

Also, all work to be performed from January 4, 2010 thru April 1, 2010 will be subject to criteria acceptable for snow removal/control operations.

Please view the document created by Burnham including a map of the restricted area: CDOT Holiday Moratorium

Please contact Steve Rodriguez at Burnham with questions or comments.

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Written by Mike Foley

Don’t miss Herb Berg’s (HBK Engineering) upcoming presentation in the Friends of Downtown’s Brown Bag Series.

Thursday, August 6th
12:15 pm
Chicago Cultural Center
Millennium Room

Many Chicagoans are unaware of the labyrinth network of freight tunnels beneath the city. There are over 47 miles under the central business district alone. The tunnels rose to prominence in 1992 when one such tunnel was pierced during construction and 124 million gallons of water from the Chicago River poured through the network and into the basements of many downtown buildings, knocking out electric power and natural gas service.

It was this incident that was largely responsible for the formulation of the “Board of Underground,” or as it is known today, the “Office of Underground Coordination,” a section of the Department of Transportation, specifically designed to ensure close scrutiny of proposed substructure construction. Since then, Chicago Building Permits, with sub-structure construction, have not been issued prior to OUC ruling out any sub-structure conflicts, through close coordination with utility companies and other entities with sub-structure considerations.

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