A new public park will be developed on City-owned land in West Town through a financial plan approved today by City Council.

Planned as passive open space on the southwest corner of the Milwaukee Avenue and Erie Street, the nearly one-acre park will be designed and constructed through $643,000 in Open Space Impact Fees. The funds will be equally spilt toward environmental cleanup and landscaping costs.

The site, located near an Ontario Street feeder ramp to I-90/94, will be transferred to the Chicago Park District following the completion of the work.

Open Space Impact Fees are generated by new residential development projects to accommodate open space needs within the City’s 77 community areas.

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