Village Construction Projects

Project Description: Included in the referendum approved by Glencoe residents in April 2021 was $3.1 million for maintenance street resurfacing of residential streets. The resurfacing improvements will be phased over two years and the streets identified for resurfacing were generally last paved between 1998 and 2008 or were locations where significant Village utility improvements were completed since 2010. In 2022, the Village will resurface approximately 5.7 miles of pavement on 20 streets located south of South Avenue. 

• Total Project Cost: $2,100,000
• Project Contractor: Builders Paving, Inc. 
• Project Start Date: April 18, 2022
• Project Completion Date: September 2022
• Project Manager: James Tigue, P.E., Village Engineer 
• Resident Impacts: Some temporary lane closures 
• Project Location Map: View location map

Progress Update (September 16, 2022): Landscape restoration and sod installation were completed this week. The contractor will provide watering for the newly installed sod in the coming weeks. The contractor will continue to address punch list items in the coming weeks.

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Green Bay Trail Crossing at Hazel Avenue 

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Safe Routes to School Improvements 

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Downtown Sidewalk Paver Restoration

Project Description: Calendar Year 2022 marks the fifth and final year of the Downtown Sidewalk Brick Paver Restoration Program. There are approximately 78,000 square feet of brick paver sidewalk in the downtown area and this year’s program will restore an estimated 15,000 square feet. The areas in this year's program are: 

1. West side of Vernon Ave between Tudor Ct and Park Ave,
2. West side of Green Bay Road between Tudor Ct and Park Ave,
3. West side of Village Court between Park Ave and the Village Court public parking lot,
4. Islands in the Village Court public parking lot,
5. Brick walkway in front of Village Hall

The scope of the work includes the removal of all brick pavers and border tiles, regrading of the stone sub-base and resetting the brick and border tiles including the replacement of any that are stained or cracked. The Village will be working with the contractor to limit the impact on businesses and patrons.

• Total Project Cost: $140,000
• Project Contractor: Midwest Brickpaving, Inc. 
• Project Start Date: Week of May 2, 2022
• Project Completion Date: May 25, 2022
• Project Manager: Donald Kirk, General Superintendent
• Resident Impacts: Some intermittent loss of parking and temporary sidewalk closures
• Project Location Map: View location map

Progress Update (May 23, 2022): The Village’s contractor, Midwest Brick, has completed the work. The 5-year brick restoration project is now complete. 

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Sanitary Sewer Rehab-IICP (Area 2)

Project Description: Repair and rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer collection system is an ongoing process that includes pipe replacement, lining and manhole repairs. As a requirement of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) mandated Infiltration/Inflow Control Program (IICP) to eliminate inflow and infiltration (I/I) from the sanitary sewer system, the Village has retained an engineering consultant. In 2021, this consultant will continue condition assessments to identify defects in a second identified priority area (Area 2) of the sanitary sewer collection system. The results will be utilized to complete sanitary sewer point repairs, sewer main lining and sanitary sewer manhole rehabilitation. (Improvements in Area 1 of the sanitary sewer collection system were completed in 2018 and 2019.)

• Total Project Cost: $320,000
• Project Contractor: Redina Construction Company 
• Project Start Date: May 9, 2022
• Project Completion Date: June 17, 2022
• Project Manager: James Tigue, Village Engineer
• Resident Impacts: TBD
• Project Location Map: View location map

Progress Update (July 21, 2022): The contractor has completed the manhole rehab work and Village staff is conducting inspections of the work and preparing a punch list for the contractor.

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Residential Sidewalks

Project Description: The Village maintains over 73 miles of public sidewalks throughout the community. Each year, the Village assesses the condition of residential sidewalks and replaces them based on the structural condition of the concrete (cracking, spalling or deterioration), heaved or excessive sloping due to tree roots and poor drainage. The primary goal of the program is to maintain a safe and functional pedestrian sidewalk system. The residential sidewalk replacement program in the Village is managed by dividing the sidewalk system into three zones with each zone inspected on a three-year cycle. Identified sidewalk squares, together with reported hazard locations, comprise an annual targeted replacement program. The 2022 program will focus on replacing the deficient existing sidewalk in the northern third of the Village.

• Total Project Cost: $200,000
• Project Contractor: Schroeder & Schroeder
• Project Start Date: August 8, 2022
• Project Completion Date: August 31, 2022
• Project Manager: James Tigue, Village Engineer
• Resident Impacts: Temporary sidewalk closures
• Project Location Map: View location map

Progress Update (September 16, 2022): The contractor continues to address the final punch list work and final restoration and cleanup of this initial work order area. 

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Storm Sewer Drainage Improvements 

Project Description: The 2022 Stormwater Improvements Project consists of new storm sewer installation within the Park Avenue/South Avenue/Washington Avenue drainage basin (Park Avenue basin) and the Sunset Lane/Vernon Avenue drainage basin. The Park Avenue basin project area is a 146-acre watershed including the residential streets north and east of the Skokie Country Club. The proposed improvement is the final phase of work that was initially completed in 2017 on Park Avenue and will include the installation of a new, larger storm sewer pipe to address insufficient capacity at the west end of South Avenue and Washington Avenue/Washington Place. The Sunset Lane/Vernon Avenue basin project area is a 39-acre watershed that drains stormwater from Green Bay Road and a residential area surrounding the intersection of Sunset Lane and Vernon Avenues. The proposed improvement will include the installation of storm sewer upgrades on Sunset Lane to address insufficient storm sewer capacity and reduce significant street flooding.

• Total Project Cost: $1,638,200
• Project Contractor:  Lenny Hoffman Excavating, Inc
• Project Start Date: Sunset Avenue/Vernon work is scheduled to start the week of August 1st. 
• Project Completion Date: TBD
• Project Manager: James Tigue, Village Engineer
• Resident Impacts: TBD
• Project Location Map: View location map

Progress Update (November 11, 2022): All of the underground work with the storm sewer improvements in the South Avenue, Washington Avenue and Washington Place drainage basin has been completed. Pavement and curb restoration was completed this week as well. Final landscape restoration work is expected to be completed before the end of November, weather permitting.
The pedestrian path between South Avenue and Prairie Road has been reopened with only some brick restoration work remaining.
 
Restoration of the path across the course is scheduled for the week of November 14. While restoration is underway, the path between South Avenue and Prairie Road will be closed to ensure construction zone safety. Please plan alternative routes around the construction zone.