ELBURN
Street to be closed for gas-leak cleanup
The Elburn Village Board this week voted to let a local trucking firm close Kansas Street east of Illinois Highway 47 for two weeks in late May to remove gasoline-soaked soil from underneath the roadbed.
“Two weeks is not a huge issue for the volume of traffic on Kansas. It’s probably cleaner and easier to close the street rather than work around traffic on it,” said Village President James Willey.
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Stover Brothers Trucking Co. has been trying to clean a gasoline spill from a leaking underground tank since 1997, said Frank Hickey, senior project manager for Marlin Environmental Inc. of St. Charles, which will perform the work.
“They’ve tried all the conventional techniques, but nothing has worked. We’re going to have to remove about 3,000 cubic yards of dirt, then rebuild the section of Kansas Street [that workers will have to tear up to reach some of the contaminated dirt],” Hickey said.
Soil sample tests show that the leaked fuel did not seep across to the west side of Kansas Street or under Illinois 47, Hickey said. When the dirt has been removed, Marlin will hire one of the contractors the village uses for major roadwork to repair Kansas.
— Denise Linke
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NAPERVILLE
Bridge reconstruction to begin next week
Reconstruction of the Bailey Road Bridge in Naperville is scheduled to begin Wednesday, when it will close to all traffic until work is completed in mid-August.
During construction, detour routes will be posted and message boards will be in place to alert drivers. A temporary pedestrian bridge is slated for completion by May 15 to maintain foot traffic, but use of the bridge may be restricted at times for safety reasons. Also, access to the DuPage River Trail at Bailey may be closed at times during construction. Users of the trail will be directed to on-street bicycle routes.
Officials request that trail users respect private property by not using it for access to and from the trail. For a list of on-street bicycle routes, the Naperville Biking Map & Guide is available at www.naperville.il.us/bikemap.aspx.
— Greg Canfield
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NAPERVILLE
Hazardous-waste facility needs funds
Naperville is seeking partners to overcome a funding shortfall for the regional household hazardous-waste facility it operates.
The facility at Fire Station No. 4, 1979 Brookdale Rd., provides a safe place for disposal of items such as oil-based paint, stain, varnish and solvents; auto fluids; aerosol cans; household cleaners and pool chemicals; poison, pesticides and insecticides; household batteries; and expired and unused prescription medicine.
The facility, open to all Illinois residents, costs $180,000 to operate and is facing a $25,000 shortfall.
“We are currently approaching private corporations about forming funding partnerships,” said Beth Lang, strategic services manager of the Department of Public Works.
— Greg Canfield
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GLEN ELLYN
Water, sewer rates to increase June 1
Glen Ellyn trustees this week voted to increase water rates by 3.7 percent and sewer rates by 3.5 percent, effective June 1.
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The village chose to raise the rates in order to cover increases in the rate that the City of Chicago is charging to sell Lake Michigan water to the DuPage Water Commission. The city in December approved a 15 percent increase to the DuPage water agency for 2008, and the commission as a result is raising the water rate it charges to its customer communities by 16 percent, as of Oct. 1.
For the average Glen Ellyn household that uses 7,000 gallons of water a month, the village’s rate increase is projected to cost an additional $2.31 per month.
— Bob Goldsborough