DPW ProjectsEach year, our staff of approximately 70 DPW employees undertakes numerous improvement and maintenance projects on Town facilities. In 2008, these projects include: | Project Description | Start Date/Status | | Installation of storm sewers between CSX right-of-way and Norcrest Drive | Summer | Installation of storm sewers between Angelus Drive and Ransford Ave, west of Del Rio Lane.
| Winter/Spring | Lining/Replacement of storm sewer from List Avenue to Imperial Circle. | Summer | Rebuilding Summerville Drive and Second Street, including storm and sanitary rehabilitation north of St. Paul Boulevard. | Spring/Summer | | Replacing Rogers Park pump station and sanitary sewer lining. | Summer | | Replacement of Lake Bluff pump station. | Summer | | Seneca Road slope stabilization Phase II. | Summer | | Pinegrove Road slope failure remediation. | Spring | | Shore Drive drainage improvements. | Spring/Summer | Re-align the creek and elevating roadways with bypass culverts on Spring Valley Drive, Hoffman Road and Conifer Lane | Summer | Plant approximately 50 new street trees | Spring | | Remove dead or damaged trees from the Town rights of way | In Progress | Replace approximately 7,000 linear feet of damaged sidewalks | Summer/Fall | Pave over 4.5 miles of Town roads | Summer/Fall | | Resurface 12-14 miles of Town roads | Summer/Fall | | Approximately 20 other Town wide minor drainage related improvements including replacing culverts, repairing end sections, stabilizing stream bands, and installing overflow structures and channels. | Summer | |