Village President Fitzgerald Roberts: $2 million grant for new water main significant step forward for Dixmoor
water main, which will ensure Dixmoor residents have access to reliable water service, according to Dixmoor Village President Fitzgerald Roberts.
are finally able to bypass the pipes under Interstate 57 and stop a lot of the interruptions in water service our community has experienced for far too long.”
Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The $2 million grant is going to fund the installation of a new distribution water main, enabling the Village to cut and cap the nine water lines buried 30 feet under I-57.
are a major cause of the water pressure issues we have experienced,” Roberts said. “Unfortunately, we could not get to them because they are buried under the Interstate, and we could not go around them without the installation of a new water main. You always want to have at least two mains for redundancy. Now we will have a water main that is accessible for repairs, and we can finally bypass those troublesome pipes under I-57.”
this grant, the Village is moving in the right direction.
Representative Will Davis, EPA officials Dwayne Booker and Mike
Brown and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for going to bat for the
residents of Dixmoor,” Roberts said. “When I got the call early morning last October that Dixmoor had no water pressure, I had no ideaa t the time what our community was about to go through. My hope throughout the entire water crisis last year was that there would be something good to come out of those difficult days of no water service in Dixmoor. I am happy to say that the good is happening now.
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