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Vol. 39, No. 37
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September 11, 2024
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Riverside seeks additional MWRD funding for Groveland floodwall Staff have secured about $1M in federal funds for sewer separation north of Forest Avenue
Nothing batter than waffles
By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
STORY BY TRENT BROWN, PAGE 3
COURTESY OF WALLY’S WAFFLES
Wally Strzepka (center), owner of Wally’s Waffles, cheers alongside friend Joe Caiafa (left) and sister Maggie Strzepka (right) in front of the food truck they used to compete in — and win — season 17 of “The Great Food Truck Race.”
After Riverside trustees grappled this spring with the cost of a potential floodwall along Groveland Avenue rising unexpectedly by more than $10 million, village staff have identified funding mechanisms that may allow the village to pay only $2 million toward the project’s overall $18 million price tag. At the village board’s Sept. 5 meeting, trustees voted to authorize staff to submit a revised request for funding toward the floodwall project to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in the amount of $4.9 million. In 2018, Riverside successfully requested $2.5 million from the MWRD for funding toward the See GROVELAND on page 5
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