Maine Township Presents at Area Flood Control Meeting

Important Area Flood Meeting Held

Maine Township Supervisor Carol A. Teschky, left, and Highway Commissioner

Robert Provenzano, second from left, recently attended a first-time flood

control meeting called by Cook County Homeland Security. The pair gave a

lengthy presentation on the flooding conditions in Maine Township and

possible solutions. Shown here reviewing flood control maps, l to r, are

Teschky; Michael Masters, Executive Director of Cook County Homeland

Security and Emergency Management; Provenzano; Inspector Jack Conti; and Bob

Mack, Engineer from the Cook County Highway Dept. Other agencies present

included the Army Corps. Of Engineers, Cook County Planning and Zoning

Commission, Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Metropolitan

Water Reclamation District.

The purpose was to review areas of potential flooding and work toward

multi-agency and intergovernmental cooperation and solutions. "We in Maine

Township were very glad to have the opportunity to meet with so many

agencies and mutually start the work needed to address area flooding," said

Teschky. "Solutions may be costly and difficult but are vital to health,

safety and the economics of our area."