The plan to create a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School will move forward after receiving more support from the Flossmoor Board of Trustees at the Monday, May 6, meeting than it had previously. A vote to purchase land for a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill[Read More…]
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Heather Hill neighbors meet with Flossmoor mayor Saturday to discuss storm water storage options
Heather Hill neighborhood residents Stephen and Donna Ramsey called an informal meeting at Leavitt Park on Saturday, May 4, so residents could learn more from Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson about the various options the village has available to mitigate flooding problems. The village board voted 4 to 3 on April[Read More…]
Flossmoor board to discuss alternate plan for temporary storm water storage in Heather Hill neighborhood
The Flossmoor Board of Trustees will discuss alternatives to a planned storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School at the regular meeting, 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 6. After resident opposition developed recently to a plan for a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School, the Flossmoor board voted[Read More…]
Park board agrees to sell property to Flossmoor for flood control
Homewood-Flossmoor Park District commissioners agreed to sell a Heather Hill site in Flossmoor that has two tennis courts. The land will be used as part of a dry bottom detention basin to relieve flooding in the downtown area. The flood control project has become controversial in the past several months.[Read More…]
Flossmoor trustees agree to buy land for storm water detention basin
Flossmoor trustees voted on Monday, April 15, to purchase the land and tennis courts there from the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District that will be used to create a storm water detention basin as part of a project designed to reduce flooding downtown and in the Heather Hill neighborhood. The village will[Read More…]
D161 board approves controversial storm water detention basin easement
After more than an hour of often impassioned public comment, board member statements and a final plea from Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson, the District 161 Board of Education voted Monday, April 8, to approve an easement that will enable the creation of a detention basin near Heather Hill School. The[Read More…]
D161 board, residents question village detention basin proposal
A plan to dig a detention basin behind Heather Hill School met concern and some stormy opposition at a District 161 Special Board of Education meeting on Feb. 19. The Monday board meeting began with comments from the audience. Some community members spoke in favor of the plan, while others[Read More…]
Open house offers residents closer look at drainage plan
Flossmoor residents gathered at village hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, to learn more about the proposed drainage project that is designed to relieve flooding downtown and in neighborhoods south of the downtown area. Village staff and representatives from Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers were on hand to show the plans,[Read More…]
Viaduct study to examine how to solve Flossmoor’s flooding problem
The Flossmoor village board has taken a step toward addressing a major flooding issue downtown by approving a study that will look at possible improvements to the Flossmoor Road viaduct.
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