Dupage Policy Journal

At its Jan. 9 meeting, the Burr Ridge Village Board heard from Director of Public Works David Preissig who spoke about how the department determines which roads to resurface.

“How we develop our road program, how we came up with that list of streets is just trying to time the right treatment on the right road at the right time,” Preissig told the board. “Between a resurfacing that's the most intrusive and the most expensive. We don't want to be on there more than the 20-year cycle that we're already at. Some of our roads are getting to 23 years, so we need to extend the pavement life of the streets that we have that are in good condition. So through processes like crack sealing, patching, cold patching to other methods like that, we can try to extend the life of that road to keep that cycle of resurfacing longer, to keep our overall cost down as well.

Preissig gave a summary of work done in 2022. He told the board the department resurfaced the Wood Creek subdivision, Grant Court, 82nd Street, 89th Street, Cabernet Court, Longwod Court, and Lee Drive. 

Preissig told council the resurfacing program also included some new streets that the village had never worked on before because they had been annexed into the township jurisdiction only in the past few years. 

The overall budget for the 2022 program came in at $158,000 less than was budgeted, partially due to 89th Street requiring much less patching than originally thought. 

Preissig said despite a seven-week strike in the industry, the department was still able to finish most of the projects, minus some minor patch work.

The 2023 program did not include a street survey this year as the village does that only every other year. 

Preissig gave some examples of some of the streets that were requiring repairs this year. He said the Forest Edge subdivision is in need of some work but is just good enough that the village will delay work because the area is having some scheduled construction in the next few months, so the department will redo the road after that work is completed. 

The budget for streets in 2023 will be around $955,000.

Mayor Gary Grasso was absent from the meeting.

The board will meet again at 7 p.m. on Monday at 7660 County Line Road.