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Lake Michigan water line project closes part of Springdale Road in Boulder Hill for about two months · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Lake Michigan Waterline Project closes part of Springdale Road in Boulder Hill.
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  Written by Eric Shelkoff. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlet. A portion of Springdale Road. In
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  Boulder will is closed for about two months to install a water
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  main for the Lake Michigan project. Springdale Road is closed just south
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  of Saugatuck Road to Barnaby Road. Local access will be maintained just
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  south of the Sagatuck and Springdale intersection. All through traffic is being
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  detoured using Saga Tuck, Wembley Road, and Barnaby Road. The Wabansee Trail
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  is temporarily detoured via Matina Drive, Charlotte Lake Wembley Road and Saga
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  Tuck Road for pedestrian safety. Motorists are advised to plan for extra
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  travel time and use caution when driving through work zones. In June,
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  local officials participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at Oswego High School for
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  a 30-mile, almost 400 million Lake Michigan transmission main extension to provide
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  Lake Michigan water to Oswego, Yorkville, and Montgomery. Their current water source,
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  the Ironton Gaillesville Deep Sandstone Aquifer, will be unable to meet project
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  demand as early as 2050, with some Oswego wells at risk as
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  early as 2033. The
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  WaterLink project will construct about 30 miles of new transmission main, expanding
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  the Lake Michigan service area westward. The project is funded through U.S.
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  Environmental Protection Agency loans, as well as financing from the Illinois State
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  Revolving Fund and local general obligation bonds. The project is expected to
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  be completed in 2028. It will bring Lake Michigan water to 90,000
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  new customers. For more information on the Waterlink project and to sign
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  up for construction updates, go to WaterlinkPipeline.com.