Glen Ellyn Plans $5 Million in Street Improvements for the Summer

Two major street improvement projects totaling $5 million will take place in Glen Ellyn this summer, with the funding coming from the Village’s water, sanitation and capital projects fund, the Chicago Tribune reports.

According to the paper, the Village Board awarded a $2.17 million bid on Monday to the R. W. Dunteman company of Addison for the 2013 Street Improvements Project: 4,000 feet of streets near Glen Oak Country Club, including Grandview (from Smith to Hill,) Brandon (Hill to Hillside,) Miller and Cranston courts and Country Club Lane.

Previously the Board had also awarded a $2.79 million contract to Swallow Construction of Downers Grove to renovate 1.1 miles of street in the Oak-Euclid-Forest-Alley Improvements Project, the paper said: Oak between Western and Main, Forest between Maple and Oak, Euclid between Hawthorne and Oak and an alley behind Western from Oak to Elm.

"These projects were identified a long time ago and we're happy to be able to move ahead with the rehabilitation of these streets," Village Manager Bob Minix told the paper. "When we're done, it'll look a lot better."