Fox River Grove to show plans for public works facility Sept. 9

Fox River Grove village officials recently scheduled a public meeting for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, to display preliminary plans for a new public works facility to be located at the northeast corner of Lincoln Avenue and Hillcrest Avenue.

The zoning board will host the meeting for which the primary purpose is to give residents living near the site and throughout the community an opportunity to provide input into the long awaited project.

At the meeting, the village's architect (Kluber Architects and Engineers), civil engineer (Engineering Resource Associates), and construction manager (Lamp Inc.) for the project will be in attendance to present the project and answer any questions from the public.

"It's great to see the design of the new facility is making progress and that the project is at a point where the public has the opportunity to provide comment," village president Robert Nunamaker stated. "Once construction is complete, our public works operation wilt have the opportunity to operate out of a modern facility for the first time in many year."

Village officials are hopeful that the project design phase can be completed in time for bidding over the winter and construction early next spring.

Several years ago, the Village elected to pursue construction of a new public works facility for several reasons. The current public works garage is: located on the same site as the Village's waste water treatment plant which will ultimately require plant expansion to meet tightening regulations from the EPA. The current public works garage is located in an area needed for projected waste water treatment plant expansion, Additionally, the current facility is dated, lacks adequate space to house equipment, and requires major work to meet the current needs of the operation.

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