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Residents raise water, truck traffic and data‑center concerns during Manhattan public comment
Summary
Multiple residents urged the village to pursue studies and coordinate with neighboring jurisdictions on proposed data centers, solar developments and heavy truck traffic; one resident warned a safe‑route‑to‑school path could change school bus service.
Several Manhattan residents used the board’s public-comment period to press the village on large proposed developments and local safety issues, including a proposed data center in the nearby area, solar projects, heavy truck traffic through the village, and the village’s Safe Routes to School grant application.
Andrea Bombhart (spelled in the public record as Andrea Bombhart) said she and other residents are concerned about a proposed data center near Joliet that she said could draw heavily on groundwater. “A lot of Manhattan is on well,” Bombhart said. She asked the village to press Joliet and other jurisdictions to…
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