City Wants Your Feedback On How To Improve Irving Park Road

IRVING PARK — City leaders are looking for community feedback as they put together a plan that would guide development along a key section of Irving Park Road. Irving Park Road has served as an important thoroughfare for Chicago s North Side for more than 175 years. However, heavy traffic has made the corridor dangerous for motorists and pedestrians, neighbors said during a Wednesday night community meeting. Since 2025, the city s Department of Planning and Development has been working on an Irving Park Road Study, which looks to improve the 6.2-mile section of the road that stretches from California Avenue in the east to Overhill Avenue in the west. The Department of Planning has spent the past year analyzing the road s existing conditions, collecting input from neighbors and coming up with potential land use recommendations. An open house held for the Irving Park Road Study on Oct. 28, 2026. Credit: Molly DeVore/ Block Club Chicago The Department of Planning presented t