Palatine expands curb and apron replacement program

Residents on streets slated to be milled and paved this year in Palatine will have the option to split with the village the cost of replacing their driveway's curb and apron.

Until this year, the 50/50 curb and apron replacement program was available to residents on streets that are part of the village's annual street resurfacing program. That's the road program awarded to construction companies via a formal bidding process.

Now, the 50/50 program is being extended to streets that are part of the milling and paving program conducted in-house by the village. That program has been growing in recent years.

Public Works Director Matt Barry proposed renting a milling machine for one month this year. That would cost the same as three weeks' rental while adding efficiency and productivity, he said. In conjunction, the village will reimburse 50% of the curb and apron replacement cost to residents who want to participate, with these conditions:

Residents will need to get contractor quotes, building permits and preapproval from the village for reimbursement. The curb and apron work would need to be done by the first week of May, when the village expects to be done with milling and before resurfacing starts, Barry said. Residents would get reimbursed after the work is done.

The village council endorsed the new initiative with a unanimous vote at its meeting Monday night.

As for the 2022 road program, the village received six bids, with a low bid of $2,758,758 awarded by the council on Monday to Arrow Road Construction Company of Elk Grove Village.

That bid was about 15% lower than the amount budgeted this year by the village, at a savings of about $537,000.

"We had some outstanding results," Village Manager Reid Ottesen said of the bidding process. "We were a little worried going into it, with the prices that are out there, but we did get a very favorable contract and it locks in the prices."

The village will use a portion of those savings, or $275,000, to resurface Anderson Drive from Rohlwing Road to Williams Drive, which had been scheduled for 2023.

Altogether, the village plans to work on about 12 miles of roads this year, which is nearly double its typical amount, Barry said.

The village will mail notices to residents eligible for the 50/50 curb and apron replacement program.

To check out if your street is slated for work this year in Palatine, visit palatinevillageil.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=2925&Inline=True. The resurfacing program is on page 18; the milling and paving program is on page 26.