Category: Financing

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 …

During the current discussion about Wilmette stormwater management, one point of contention is the cost. The Wilmette Village Board has discussed implementing the Option 1: Storm Sewer Improvement to reduce westside flooding. The project would install a whole new system of storm drains, as well as miles of …