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Committee calls Highway 14 water-retention project largely complete, to invite engineer for update
Summary
Members said the Highway 14 water-retention project has progressed with a grant and engineering work but will not fully mitigate extreme flooding; the committee plans to invite Town and Country engineer Brian Bergquist for a future agenda item.
The Sustainability Committee reviewed progress on a water-retention project near Highway 14 and described the item as substantially advanced but not sufficient to prevent extreme floods.
Members said the village engaged an engineering firm and obtained grant funding to address wetlands and retention work across from the Creek Crossing development; the committee described the effort as useful but noted the scale of work will not fully stop extreme flood events. Michael Pawlikowski said the project was awarded to an engineering company and that the work is in progress.
Committee members also noted the continued importance of other parcels upstream — one speaker said about 70 acres on a farm could materially change flood mitigation if converted or preserved — but recognized landowner decisions and development pressures limit options. Members said the village has a FEMA grant and regular conversations with the village engineering consultant and suggested inviting Brian Bergquist of Town and Country to present a status update at a future meeting.
Ending: Committee marked the Highway 14 item as largely complete for the committee’s work, but requested an engineering update at an upcoming meeting to review retention and green-infrastructure planning.
