Category: Sewers
At the Wilmette Village Board meeting on November 27, we were served up a huge helping of charts and graphs, along with maps on westside storm sewer improvement projects. Billed as a financial review, the meeting nonetheless included another engineering review of the options (as covered in this …
The Wilmette Village Board Storm Sewer meeting on September 25 was devoted to the Value Study presentation by Stantec, an engineering consulting firm. Engineer Joe Johnson patiently reviewed every finding, chart, and graph and answered board members’ questions. (The Value Study is also part of the November 27 …
The proposed storm sewer project for Wilmette’s westside has generated a lot of debate and confusion. It’s important to sift through the all the information to make a good 100-year infrastructure decision. The latest Wilmette Village Board meeting on the storm sewers narrowed the potential solutions down to …
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 …
Westside survivors of flooding and stormwater damage had another opportunity to be heard! For a summary, check out my Facebook post: Quick Report on June 26 Westside Storm Sewer Presentation Here’s my previous blog, announcing the meeting: Stormwater Improvement Project Public Meeting, Monday, June 26, at 7:00 PM, …
The Village of Wilmette has been working on plans to reconstruct Central Avenue, which extends from Green Bay to Sheridan roads, through the downtown, past Central School, and out past residential neighborhoods to the lake. At this point, the Village of Wilmette has contracted with TranSystems for engineering …
