News Flash

Concrete pavement work to begin at intersection of 41st and Harvey

The Contractor advised the Village they expect to be on site later this week to complete the remaining concrete work items. Work includes the 41st St and Harvey Ave intersection, the southwest corner of the 42nd St & Harvey intersection, and a pavemen...

Work to resume next week at 41st and Harvey

The contractor has advised they plan to be on site early next week to complete the remaining sewer work at the 41st and Harvey intersection. Residents should expect the intersection will be closed during the work day while crews are working in the interse...

Harvey Avenue project update 8-8-2023

ComEd is on site working on relocating underground lines at 41st and Harvey. ComEd informed us that next week they will complete utility pole relocation also at 41st and Harvey. Once ComEd has relocated their facilities the Village's project cont...

Harvey Avenue Project Update 7-28-23

No work is expected next week. Parkway topsoil and sod placement will begin in September once cooler weather arrives. There are sections of concrete pavement that still need to be placed at the 42nd and 41st Street intersections. The Village is waiting fo...

Harvey Project Update 7-6-23

Today the contractor is placing concrete on the west side of Harvey Avenue. There will be a lot of activity and expect construction vehicles will be blocking the roadway often today. The contractor will be sawcutting the new concrete later this evening. T...

Harvey Avenue Project Update 6-20-23

We do not anticipate much activity on site this week. Currently, the contractor plans to be on site early next week to start curb and gutter placement on the west side of Harvey Ave. Once the curb and gutter placement date is confirmed, the Village plans ...

Harvey Avenue traffic switch Wednesday morning

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday 5/31) the Contractor will be switching traffic to the new east side pavement. Local traffic will use the new concrete pavement. The road will remain one way southbound only. After traffic is switched over to the east side, they...

Sawcutting noise this evening/night

As we mentioned in the prior newsflash update earlier this week, the contractor must sawcut the new concrete pavement as soon as it has hardened enough to perform the sawcut. The sawcutting work is critical and must be done as soon as the concrete is hard...

Concrete Pavement placement scheduled for Thursday (5/25)

The weather looks great this week. The Contractor expects to place the east side concrete pavement on Thursday. While placing concrete pavement the open single lane on Harvey will have construction vehicles and concrete trucks staged. All residents should...

Start of east side concrete work pushed to Thursday 5/18

The start of the concrete work on the east side of Harvey Avenue is now expected to be Thursday May 18th. An updated construction notice can be viewed at the following link Updated East Side Notice 5-15-23. The notice was delivered to each home earlier to...

East side concrete work to begin 5/16, East side driveways to be closed

The contractor expects to begin concrete placement on the east side of Harvey Avenue on Tuesday, 5/16. All east side residents need to have their vehicles out of their driveways by 7am on 5/16. East side driveways will be closed 3-4 weeks. Please view the...

Harvey Avenue Project Update 4-28-2023

The contractor expects to continue installing storm sewer south of 42nd street working south next week. They also expect to begin excavation and placement of the stone base for the new roadway on the east side. Please anticipate traffic delays on Harvey d...

Harvey Ave East side Pavement Removal from 42nd to Hillgrove to begin tomorrow (4/21)

Assuming there is good weather tomorrow, the Contractor has advised they intend to start pavement removal on the east side of Harvey Avenue from 42nd Street to Hillgrove Avenue tomorrow (4/21) morning. There will be a temporary loss of driveway access dur...

Harvey Project Update 4-14-2023

This week the contractor worked mostly on the 4100 block. Work included pavement and driveway apron removal on the east side of the street. Sanitary sewer repairs were also completed at two locations and storm sewer installation work began.

The week of Apr...

Harvey Avenue Project Update 4-7-2023

On Monday 4/10 the contractor expects to start pavement removal on the east side of the street. They are expected to start at 41st Street and work south removing pavement on the east side stopping at 42nd Street. There will be a short period when east sid...

Traffic Control and Tree Work to begin week of 4/3

The contractor has advised the Village that they expect to place traffic control devices on Harvey Avenue Monday morning. They will establish the one lane one way southbound traffic configuration on the west half of the road. The east half of the road wil...

Harvey Avenue Reconstruction to begin April 2023

Harvey Avenue from Hillgrove Avenue to 41st Street will be reconstructed this year. Work is expected to begin in April 2023 and is expected to be substantially complete in August 2023. Residents within the project limits were mailed a project information ...