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Resident says rock-filled swale after Sunset Lane roadwork is hazardous and may not stop flooding
Summary
At the Jan. 13 Mundelein Village Board meeting resident Kelly Smith said recent road work on Sunset Lane left a much larger rip-rap swale than shown on plans, creating a safety hazard and possibly failing to resolve flooding; village leadership said staff would follow up.
Kelly Smith, a Mundelein resident, told the Mundelein Village Board on Jan. 13 that recent road work on Sunset Lane left a rock-filled swale much larger than the plan shown to residents and that the change created safety and access problems and may not fix longstanding flooding.
Smith said the engineered plan residents were shown indicated rip-rap 18 feet by 5 feet, but when crews worked in December the swale was filled with rock across an area she estimated as about 57 feet by 18 feet. "So that's currently what we have in our backyard," Smith said, adding that the rock makes the easement hazardous for children and others who use the path and forces people to walk or bike onto private yards to get around it.
Smith also told the board residents remain uncertain the current fix will stop standing water. "We're diverting all the water that sat at the end of Sunset now just into another spot off of the road, but within the right of way," she said. She asked that the larger-than-planned rock be removed immediately and that the village connect the area into an existing storm sewer to prevent private-property flooding.
The board did not take formal action during public comment. The mayor said he would investigate and follow up with staff. "Let me take a look at it. Let me talk with Adam," the mayor said, indicating village staff would review what was done and why the constructed work differed from the plan shown to residents.
Tom Ford, a neighbor Smith named as present at the meeting, was mentioned as having walked the site during construction and raising the discrepancy with the project manager, Pat Walsh. No specific timeline for corrective work was announced during the meeting.
The complaint was raised during the public-comment portion of the regular meeting; the mayor and staff said they would review the matter and follow up with the residents. The board did not vote on the Sunset Lane work or authorize immediate corrective action at the meeting.
