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Storm Sewer Standards

I happened to pass through the Skokie/Hibbard intersection just as they were taking down the construction cones on Wednesday. Unfortunately, due to the State of Illinois budget mess, the project got off to a late start, so we’ll have to wait till spring for project completion. Through some …

Estimating the Cost of Flooding

I’ve learned that it’s good to go into sewer meetings prepared! In June, a meeting of the Wilmette Village Board featured a “value engineering” study of the proposed Storm Sewer Improvement project. In preparing for the meeting, I decided it was important to counterbalance the estimated cost for …