April Roads & Bridges meeting recordings released

Audio recordings from the April 21st Roads & Bridges Committee meeting have been posted to the Village website for residents to review.  Those interested in the status of the Cuba Road Bridge reconstruction project should pay particular attention to the public comments recording, since the bridge reopening might be delayed until as late as early July due to utilities not being properly relocated before construction began.  

A resident asked Dan Strahan, of Gewalt Hamilton and Bob Kosin, Village Administrator, why they did not provide better oversight of the relocation of utility lines prior to the general contractor beginning their work.  The speaker pointed out this project has been discussed and planned for years, so this delay should have been avoided.

Not surprisingly, Strahan and Kosin stated it was the fault of the utility companies and not theirs.  However, recordings from the February Roads & Bridges show the utility companies involved (AT&T, ComEd and Comcast), had moved their lines “late last summer,” which provided more than ample time for inspection by Gewalt Hamilton and others to make sure they were properly relocated in order for the bridge work to proceed on schedule.   

The recording of the understandably frustrated resident’s questions can be accessed by clicking here.

The menu of edited recordings by agenda topic from the meeting can be accessed here.