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Winnetka outlines Pershing Street stormwater design; residents press for pipe coordination and traffic calming
Summary
City of Winnetka staff presented final-design elements for stormwater improvements on Pershing Street, including infiltration trenches and a slight 1% road-grade change; residents asked the city to coordinate with a reclamation-district pipe, provide irrigation records, and consider traffic-calming after construction.
Winnetka — City project manager Darcy Ronning presented a near-final design for stormwater improvements on Pershing Street and adjoining blocks on Thursday, saying the work aims to capture runoff with infiltration trenches and use existing curb lines to direct water into new storm infrastructure.
“This is Darcy Ronning, project manager with the City of Winnetka,” Ronning told attendees as she opened the meeting and shared design graphics. She said the presentation covers the final roughly 10% of design work and that the project area shown on maps runs from Springwater to Central and from Central to Neil.
Ronning described the area as served by a natural drainage that has…
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