Find out which bridges in the Niles and Morton Grove area are labeled as "structurally deficient."
President Barack Obama proposed Tuesday night a "Fix It First" program to address the nation's crumbling infrastructure—like roads and bridges—in an effort to improve citizens' quality of life and bring jobs to the United States. There are nearly 70,000 "structurally deficient" bridges throughout the United States that require "significant maintenance, rehabilitation or replacement," according to the Transportation for America website. In Illinois, 8.5 percent of the state's bridges are "structurally deficient." The state is ranked 35th worst nationally for the overall quality of its bridges, according to the Transportation for America website. Locally, there are a handful of bridges that are highlighted as structurally deficient on …
Work on water main relocation should be completed by early-December.
Lehigh Avenue in Morton Grove could be closed due to a water main being relocated, as reported by the Morton Grove Champion. Morton Grove Board of Trustees approved a $346,966 contract with Deerfield-based Bolder Contractors to complete the work. The company will relocate a nearly 60-year-old, 20-inch feeder main from the north water tower near Dempster Street and National Avenue. Currently the water main is sandwiched in between two homes due to development in the area, making access difficult, said Public Works Director Andy DeMonte, according to the Champion. Bolder will also replace a piece of 12-inch water main, which is located near Church Street and Lehigh Avenue under the Metra tracks. Read the enitre story at the Morton Grove …
A redevelopment plan is shaping up with an end date in sight.
With work on Dempster Street inching past the one-year mark, many citizens and business owners have grown curious as to the actual amount of progress being made. Morton Grove Village Engineer Chris Tomich was among the first to speak up Thursday's Dempster Street Construction informational meeting, and for good reason. “We're in year two of a construction project that was supposed [to be finished in] year one," Tomich said. Tomich said the redevelopment project, designed to give Dempster Street a facelift between Ferris Avenue and Central Avenue, is continuing at a comfortable pace. He expects construction to cease sometime in July – more than half a year past the original deadline. Several setbacks, including a number of slow-moving …
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Lincoln Street work is to be finished before winter hits, while Dempster Street construction is delayed into 2011.
The arteries of Morton Grove are clogged. Construction on the town's major streets continue, as the winter threatens to stall projects. Meanwhile, businesses say the construction impacts their customer traffic. Lights at the End of the (Lincoln Avenue) Tunnel The retro streetlamps have gone up and the new serpentine sidewalk along Lincoln Avenue in downtown Morton Grove has been etched with brick. Starting Monday, the avenue should be paved. The total project should be done by the time winter hits in four weeks, said Morton Grove Village Engineer Chris Tomich, ending months of headaches for residents and business owners. "It's killing us," said Bill Wegner, owner of Super Cup coffee shop on Fernald Avenue, just off Lincoln. "Business is …
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Peter Yablonski
5:37 pm on Friday, February 18, 2011
It's a shame Giordano's is filing Bankruptcy let's hope ours can survive even with the Dempster street construction. more ›