Just what we didn’t need… Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers went on strike at midnight Wednesday against contractors all over the greater metro area of northeast Illinois. The unions’ three-year contracts with construction companies expired May 31. The strike effects hundreds of summer construction projects, from the Eisenhower Expressway down to Downers Grove. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Stormwater'
Strike stops village projects
July 1st, 2010 · 19 Comments · Breaking News, Stormwater, Village Hall
Washington Park on deck
May 28th, 2010 · 41 Comments · community development, Environment, Neighbohoods, Park District, Stormwater
Washington Park area residents are starting to get an idea of what will be the village’s best park.
Tags: planning·Stormwater
Village may purchase flood homes
November 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Stormwater
Biting the bullet to move forward. Here’s an odd one that has no attached narrative explaining the why and got no work-shopping. The village staff has worked on and council may approve buying properties that cannot have their stormwater problems remedied with what engineering resources are currently available. The four proposed properties are located at [...]
Tags: Stormwater
Stormwater project change orders
October 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Stormwater
Change orders are the bane of project planning. They usually represent unexpected, but necessary extra expenses. Washington Park. The extra $41,727.96 will increase the project cost $2,948,621.00 to $2,990,348.96. The Park District will pick up over half of the extra costs. This is the second change order for the project. The project completion has been [...]
Tags: budget·Stormwater
Sterling Park project delayed
October 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Stormwater
Delays to the third major stormwater detention area, located at Sterling North Park (SW-033), are due to discovery of VOC’s and EPA regulated metals. Staff asked for an additional $6,800 in soil and core sample testing to try and pinpoint where and how much soil is contaminated that may require treatment or removal. Once that’s done, [...]
Tags: detention pond·Stormwater
Seeing the forest for the trees
August 27th, 2009 · 22 Comments · community development, Development, Environment, Environmental Concerns, Neighbohoods, Taxes
Between January 2007 and now, the village has taken down 899 trees. Let’s call it 900. This doesn’t count trees taken down on private property (the village has no way to track that), trees on park district land, or school district land. The village planted 1,127 trees in that same time frame. More trees going [...]
Tags: comprehensive plan·Development·property values·Stormwater·trees
Conservation@home
May 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Community Events
Creating a Landscape that Contributes & Conserves Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m. Downers Grove Public Library 1050 Curtis Street This is an open public meeting this Saturday morning to inform with a presentation, followed by a discussion on the many ways we can participate in environmental stewardship – from our own backyards! Sponsored by: The [...]
Fixing future flooding
May 6th, 2009 · 30 Comments · Development, Stormwater
Unmaking the road to hell. I missed this one Monday at the Plan Commission. Petition PC-12-09 is for the redevelopment of a single family home at 4929 Montgomery Avenue on the near northwest side. The plans call for an significantly larger home to replace the house currently there, and consolidates two lots into one. [...]
Tags: Development·local government·planning·Stormwater·Zoning