The Winnetka Park District Board of Commissioners is continuing to plan Elder Lane and Centennial Beach renovations despite the unknown status of the land swap with billionaire property owner Justin Ishbia.
The Winnetka Park District Board of Commissioners is continuing to plan Elder Lane and Centennial Beach renovations despite the unknown status of theThe park board nearly reached a consensus on plans for Elder and Centennial at the public workshop meeting held Thursday as each commissioner voiced support for the Elder Option 2 and Centennial Option 6 plans with the exception of Commissioner Colleen Root, who remains in favor of a less is more approach.
A diagram of the Elder Option 2 plan created by the Winnetka Park District. - Original Credit: Handout Americans with Disabilities Act access will also be available at the bluff with a ramp, and an existing sheet pile structure will mark the southern end of the dog beach where another property of Ishbia’s sits.
Chuck Dowding, a Winnetka resident and professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University, presented his own plan which he namedIt has a minimalist approach in order to get the plan going quickly. It contains no stone breakwater and the stormwater pipe would be buried into the lake bed. He also calls for the pier to be demolished and to include a ramp for ADA access.
A diagram of the Centennial Option 1 plan created by the Winnetka Park District. - Original Credit: Handout
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