Elmhurst Wins Public Works Awards

ELMHURST, IL -The City of Elmhurst has received two awards from the Chicago Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association.

The city said that Engineering Department staff member Tony Cuzzone, Utilities Capital Project Administrator, received the 2017 Community Involvement Award and the Walnut/Myrtle/Evergreen Stormwater Improvement Project won the Public Works Projects of the Year in the category Environmental Category – less than $5 million.

Cuzzone, a long-time city employee, was honored with the Community Involvement award. This award is aimed at recognizing public works employees who are also leaders in their community. Cuzzone is the Utilities Capital Projects Administrator and throughout his almost 40-year career, he has led by example with his many years of community service and volunteerism with organizations such as the Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot, Annie Ryan Run, York Township and the American Water Works Association, the city said.

The Walnut/Myrtle/Evergreen Stormwater Improvement Project involved the construction of a series of storm sewers pipes along various streets and a drainage outfall to the Elmhurst Quarry Flood Control Facility. The city said this project provides overland flood relief for 76 homes in the Walnut/Myrtle/Evergreen flood problem area, which is located adjacent to the Quarry in the northwest corner of Elmhurst.

Both awards advanced from the Suburban Branch in January to the Chicago Metro Chapter and will now compete nationally with the APWA. For more information about the APWA and their awards, visit www.apwa.net.

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