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Lake Michigan water line project to close section of Roth Road in Oswego starting Friday · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Lake Michigan Waterline Project to closed section of Roth Road in Oswego
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  starting Friday. Written by Eric Shelkopf. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice, brought to you by Everlit. The Roth Road closure
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  in Oswego, that is part of the construction of a transmission line
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  for the Lake Michigan Water project, has been rescheduled to begin on
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  Friday. The closure had been expected to begin Tuesday. The full closure
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  will extend from just south of Wolf's Crossing Road to the north
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  side of the Magical Garden Center at 2152 Roth Road in Oswego.
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  Motorists are being advised to follow the posted detour. The closure is
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  anticipated to last about two weeks, water permitting, according to a news
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  release from the village of Oswego. In June, area officials participated in
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  a groundbreaking ceremony at Oswego East High School for a 30 miles
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  almost 400 million Lake Michigan transmission main extension to provide Lake Michigan
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  water to Oswego, Yorkville, and Montgomery. Their current water source, the Ironton-Gaillesville
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  Deep Sandstone Aquifer, will be unable to meet projected demand as early
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  as 2050, with some Azwego whales at risk as early as 2033.
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  The Waterlink project will construct about 30 miles of new transmission main,
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  expanding the Lake Michigan service area westward. The project is funded through
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  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency loans, as well as financing from the Illinois
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  State Revolving Fund and local general obligation bonds. For more information on
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  the Waterlink project and to sign up for construction updates, go to
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  WaterlinkPipeline.com.