Story posted Thursday, October 29, 2009
Road, Drainage Projects Dominate Improvement Plan
By RICHARD MAYER Assistant Managing Editor
Buffalo Grove Director of Finance and General Services Scott Anderson presented village board members with a list of projects in the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that spans five years at a cost of $30,619,652.
Projects identified for this coming year will be incorporated into the upcoming annual operating budget and will be reviewed during the formal upcoming budget presentation.
Projects slated for 2010 include:
* Municipal parking facility and maintenance ($359,000)- Provides sealing, re-striping and reconstruction of municipal parking lots
* Village-wide drainage improvements ($2,471,877)- Improvement of drainage patterns and detention
* Annual sidewalk/bike path maintenance ($150,000)- New and replaced slabs
* Annual street maintenance-engineering/construction ($2 million)- Street maintenance and rehabilitation program
* Route 22 street improvement ($210,454)
* Weiland Road/Prairie Road street improvement ($634,269)- Construction of a corridor form Lake Cook Road to Route 22
* Dundee Road streetscape improvement ($650,211)- Improvement of walkways and aesthetics.
* Aptakisic Road and Brandywyn Lane traffic signal improvements ($186,936)- Improving signals
Projects slated for 2011-14 include:
* Possible expansion of Public Service Center based on space needs analysis ($2 million in 2011, $2,227,275 in 2012)
* Fire Station 26 bunkroom/bathroom expansion in 2011 ($1,250,000)- Adding section of building to backside
* Roof replacement at Fire Station 27 in 2011 ($60,000)
* Police department garage in 2011 ($170,000)- Construct parking garage to east side of building
* Village-wide water main replacement program in 2012 ($665,060)- Provides for water main replacement at priority locations
The village board is expected to approve the CIP on Monday, Nov. 2. The board's approval of the CIP does not authorize spending until projects are approved for the current year's budget, authorization is provided to staff to formally bid the project, the board approves the bid, and the bid is consistent with the budget and identified funding is available.
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