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Waukegan council approves multiple water, sewer and roadway repairs, emergency fixes
Summary
City council and public works committees approved a set of vendor contracts, change orders and an emergency repair authorizing work on a River Road sanitary force main, a Fourteenth Street water-main interconnect, Seahorse Drive flooding repairs and additional emergency and materials payments.
Waukegan officials on March 17 approved several resolutions and emergency procurements to address aging sewer and water infrastructure and recurring stormwater problems.
The actions authorized replacement and repairs to a failing sanitary force main on River Road, a meter-vault interconnect on Fourteenth Street (Audrey Nixon Boulevard), drainage and roadway repairs on Seahorse Drive, an additional materials change order for Kershawffer Trucking, and a retroactive payment for an emergency transmission-line repair performed by Joel Kennedy Construction Corporation. Public Works said the projects respond to repeated repairs and chronic flooding in specific locations and to a large, urgent break on a 30-inch transmission line.
Why it matters: The council and Public Works leaders said the measures are needed to prevent recurring service interruptions and public-health hazards from standing water and sanitary leaks; several items were designated as time-sensitive or emergency work. The…
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