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Residents urge action on flooding; board notes ongoing quarry litigation and long‑term infrastructure limits
Summary
Multiple residents described chronic and recent basement flooding and urged immediate solutions. Trustees said litigation and regional projects affect timing; the board will discuss the quarry appeal in closed session.
Residents described repeated, severe basement flooding at multiple locations in La Grange and urged the Village Board to take action beyond property‑level fixes.
Jenny Bergstrom told the board her family’s basement filled with 8 feet of water during a storm and said private remediation—commercial sump pumps, exterior piping and retaining walls—had become costly and insufficient. "We're out of options," she…
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