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Streets and Drainage

The Village currently owns, operates and maintains over 39 centerline miles of roadway within the corporate limits of the Village. This division is responsible for maintenance and repair of asphalt, concrete and unimproved streets, maintenance and repair of roadway culverts, storm inlets, storm sewers and roadside ditches as well as providing all of the snow and ice control throughout the Village.

Our ongoing street and curb replacement program, in place since 1981, has major maintenance and resurfacing scheduled for approximately 1 mile of street each year.

The Village has also undertaken a number of storm sewer projects at various locations throughout the community to improve storm water drainage and reduce flooding conditions. In addition the Village has an ongoing street sweeping program.

In the winter, the Village plows snow and spreads de-icing material when necessary. Our goal is to clear all our streets within eight hours of the end of a snow storm. During snow plowing operations, snow and/or ice is unavoidably deposited across driveways and unfortunately the Village is not able to assist residents in removing these accumulations. We advise waiting to clean out your drive until after the Village crews have plowed the street.

In the fall, the Village provides curb side leaf collection service. We use large vacuum machines to remove leaves raked to the curb by residents. Only leaves should be deposited for pickup. Branches, sticks and grass clippings are not allowed as they damage equipment and delay pickup operations. This program begins in mid-October and runs until early December. The Village provides leaf bags for residents that live along Aptakisic Road, Riverwoods Road, and Route 22 because our leaf collection equipment cannot safely collect leaves in this area due to traffic.