Village approves $3.14 million contract for South Dunhurst stormwater Phase 2

The Village Board on June 16 approved a $3,142,147 contract with Martam Construction Inc. for Phase 2 of the South Dunhurst stormwater improvement project.

Director Kalp, joined by the village manager, told trustees the work follows a 2015 stormwater master plan and will add collection pipe to convey neighborhood stormwater into a detention basin completed in Phase 1. "This second phase will install the collection pipe necessary to convey all the stormwater from the neighborhood," Director Kalp said, adding the village budgeted $6,000,000 for the entire project. "The phase 1 came in at about $2,400,000 and this phase 2 came in at $3,100,000," Kalp said.

Manager (name not specified) said Phase 1 constructed a detention basin on Mark Twain School property in cooperation with School District 21 and that Phase 2 will tie South Dunhurst neighborhood piping into that basin. "The notion of the detention basin is to allow that water to be held in a buffer area so as to not overwhelm the system downstream," the manager said.

Trustees voted to approve the resolution authorizing the contract; roll call recorded unanimous support on the motion. The project budget figures provided at the meeting show the village expects total project costs around $6 million, with the two phases together accounting for roughly $5.5 million in the figures presented.

No additional approvals or ordinances were recorded for changes to the project scope at the meeting. Director Kalp and trustees characterized the project as a long-standing priority for neighborhood stormwater relief.