Category: WHAT’S NEXT?

On the westside of Wilmette, we’re seeing construction wrapping up for Phase 1A/1 of the Neighborhood Storage Project. The construction equipment is gone, signs are stowed, and the dust is settling. Now that the first phase is almost complete, friends and neighbors have been asking: What’s the current …

Two boards in Wilmette (the Village Board and the Park District) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to guide progress on the westside Neighborhood Storage Project. The project will clear stormwater for up to a 10-year storm, using two main upgrades: More sewer pipes of larger diameter will …

We did it! The westside Wilmette Neighborhood Storage Project is happening! Engineers are working on final designs for infrastructure that will clear runoff from almost the entire westside Wilmette, for up to a 10-year storm. What can we expect from the upgrade? The subpar westside storm sewer system …

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 …

Thanks to everyone who attended the Wilmette Village Board Special Meeting on the westside storm sewers last night, April 17. After more than five years of public events, and even without a storm in the forecast, we still had excellent turnout. Option 1 supporters at the meeting overwhelmingly …