Politics & Government New Flood Plan For La Grange’s ‘Extreme Corner’ The village is working with the high school to put a water vault under a sports field, officials said.
Mike Burke of Christoper Burke Engineering said Monday that a vault under a Lyons Township High School sports field could address the flooding problem at Sunset and Elm avenues. (Village of La Grange/via video)
LA GRANGE, IL – An engineer on Monday confirmed that the intersection of Sunset and Elm avenues is ground zero for flooding in the area north of 47th Street in La Grange.
He recommended a new idea for dealing with stormwater in that area. For years, the village has relied on its plan for the Maple Avenue Relief Sewer, or MARS, to address problems with flooding at Sunset and Elm, among other areas.
But engineer Mike Burke told the Village Board that the Maple Avenue project would do relatively little to help Sunset and Elm in particular. Instead, he recommended an underground vault at a Lyons Township High School athletic field a block to the west. It would be able to store 3.2 million gallons, which would remove most of the water heading to Sunset and Elm, he said.
He and village officials said they were in talks with high school officials, who are willing to delay installing an artificial turf field to let the village put in a tank. The project’s price tag is an estimated $9 million. Burke said he planned to submit a formal application for money to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
New Flood Plan For La Grange’s ‘Extreme Corner’
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