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Yorkville seeks ‘a permanent solution’ to W. Van Emmon Street erosion · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville seeks a permanent solution to W. Van Emmon Street erosion.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Joey Weslow, This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. City workers
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  Speaker 1: in Yorkville are wishing someone did not take the phrase
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  Speaker 1: may the road rise up to meet you too literally.
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  Speaker 1: The Public Works Department is exploring ways to prevent W.
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  Speaker 1: Van Emmon Street from crumbling into Adams Street beneath it.
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  Speaker 1: Public Works Director Eric Due said, sometime long ago W.
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  Speaker 1: Van Emmon Street was raised for some reason that is
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  Speaker 1: still a mystery. When past workers raised the road, an
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  Speaker 1: old guard rail was all that was left in place
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  Speaker 1: to prevent erosion. Years of rotting decay have proven the
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  Speaker 1: guardrail no longer a solution. The bank between the two
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  Speaker 1: roads has been eroding into Adams Street. Due said it's
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  Speaker 1: time to find a permanent solution. Has currently budgeted four
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  Speaker 1: hundred sixty five thousand dollars overall for the project. The
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  Speaker 1: City Council's Public Works Committee recommends a eighty four thousand,
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred and eighty five dollars contract with engineering Enterprises
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  Speaker 1: INK of sugar Grove for final approval for the work.
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  Speaker 1: The engineering firm would be tasked with designing a retaining
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  Speaker 1: wall that will support the roadway, stop erosion, and get
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  Speaker 1: rid of the wheat and scrub brush that is now
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  Speaker 1: on the hillside. According to city documents, when we started
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  Speaker 1: looking at this, we realized that the area is much
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  Speaker 1: longer than first believed and will be a more complex
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  Speaker 1: project due to the proximity to the roadway and residences,
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  Speaker 1: Dow said in city documents. If approved, the construction will
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  Speaker 1: still need to be bid out. During the Public Works
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  Speaker 1: Committee meeting, Dow said the site runs around three hundred
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  Speaker 1: feet between the two roadways. He said at the eastern
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  Speaker 1: end of the site, the slope will be very small
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  Speaker 1: and will grow larger as the retaining wall goes down
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  Speaker 1: the line to the west between the roads.