At Wilmette stormwater meetings, residents often complain that stormwater projects are based on outdated standards. For example, the Option 3 Neighborhood Storage project is supposed to serve most of the westside for a “10-year storm,” but a “10-year” storm now seems to occur every couple years. I share …
Engineers have told us repeatedly that Wescott Park in the Village of Northbrook is a model for the detention tank systems that will be installed in Wilmette, so I went to see for myself. Wescott Detention Tank Site Here’s what the detention tank looks like now in Wescott …
Currently, stormwater detention tanks are being planned for installation at Wilmette Village parks, including at Community Playfields. A resident has mounted a campaign to save the “old growth forest” of cottonwoods at the park, so I decided to do a little research into the history of the trees …
At this point, the fate of the Optimized Option 3: Neighborhood Storage project is in the hands of the Wilmette Park Board of Commissioners. Their signature is required on an intergovernmental agreement, authorizing installation of stormwater detention tanks in three village parks: Community Playfields, Hibbard, and Thornwood. Park …
In April 2018, the Wilmette Village Board selected Option 3: Neighborhood Storage to provide westside Wilmette with relief from flooding. Just about a year later, in February 2019, the board held yet another stormwater meeting to debate details about implementing Option 3. The meeting ended with a tentatively …
