Ridgeland Avenue in for $480K of Improvements
The Oak Forest city council and IDOT have an agreement in place to begin work on Ridgeland Avenue, between 151st Street and Victoria Drive. The work will cost the city $103,500, with the remainder of the costs covered by a grant.
Ridgeland Avenue, between 151st Street and Victoria Drive, will be a smoother ride for motorists in the coming months, after aldermen reached an agreement with IDOT for construction and construction engineering. The agreement will cost the city $103,500, with the remaining costs of $378,000 coming from a previously secured grant. “This agreement is with the Illinois Department of Transportation, that just states that we've budgeted the $103,500,” said Public Works Director Troy Ishler. The city's contribution to the project is already included in the city's Motor Fuel Tax program for the 2013 budget year, Ishler said. Covered in the work is repaving, curb and sidewalk repairs and the planting of 77 trees along the roadway, Ishler said. …
Patricia Lowczyk
8:52 am on Friday, March 15, 2013
I live on Long Ave between 149th and 147th. My street is crumbling, with several potholes and a sewer collapsing in front of my house. In the 25 years we've lived here, the street has never been resurfaced. I've called Public Works several times about the sewer, and when they finally came out all they did was dump gravel in the hole, which didn't hold. I also emailed our alderman last summer, but… more ›