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May 14, 2015
Old Plank Road Trail to be extended through Chicago Heights
The announcement of the Old Plank Road Trail extension through Chicago Heights reaching the final phase of construction was met with...


May 11, 2015
Thornton Quarry — the Grand Canyon of the south suburbs — will soon be underwater
“I’ve driven past here hundreds and hundred of times,” said Sutter, of the series of vast limestone pits flanking Interstate 80/94 just...


May 6, 2015
MWRD’s Thornton Quarry Transitional Reservoir will add storage capacity for stormwater in the
The Thornton Transitional Reservoir along I-294 in the south suburbs will operate alongside the Thornton Composite Reservoir to provide a...


Apr 30, 2015
May 2: Thornton Composite Reservoir “Sneak Peek”
As a community within the service area of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Thornton Reservoir, you are...


Mar 16, 2015
Cook County seeks public comment on National Disaster Resilience Competition draft application
The Cook County Department of Planning and Development within the Bureau of Economic Development is preparing to submit an application to...


Feb 9, 2015
Gas pains for area towns
A tax that’s long been a key source of funds to fix local streets — unchanged for almost a quarter century — is once again getting a...

Feb 9, 2015
Gas tax hike under discussion in Springfield
With gasoline still selling for under $2 per gallon throughout much of the state, Gov. Bruce Rauner and his allies in the business...
Nov 26, 2014
Municipal staff training opportunity on completing waiver valuations
House Bill 5709, an initiative of the Illinois Municipal League that was sponsored by Rep. Anthony DeLuca, was signed into law as Public...


Nov 21, 2014
MWRD issues permit to Olympia Fields for sanitary sewer lateral lining project in Graymoor Subdivisi
On Nov. 5, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) Chairman of Finance Mariyana Spyropoulos joined Olympia...


Nov 17, 2014
CMAP promotes higher sales tax for public works in Chicago area
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is seeking support for a higher sales tax in the six-county region to generate about $300...
Nov 14, 2014
$3 million Calumet City pumping station project finished
Officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday in Calumet City to announce completion of the rehabilitation of an 80-year-old sewer...
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