Village Preparing for 2013 Road Program

The is gearing up for its referendum-supported 2013 road program.

Trustees voted unanimously Monday night to approve land surveying and engineering services contracts for the road program, which will be funded through a $20 million bond issue that voters approved in March.

, which will be staggered into four $5 million bond issues to rehabilitate village roads over a five-year period.

Trustees agreed to contract with Lake Villa-based Jorgensen & Associates Inc. to start the preliminary design process — including a comprehensive topographic survey — for a planned water main replacement and pavement rehabilitation project. Per the contract, the cost will not exceed $39,547.

As much as $144,700 will be spent on the design and construction engineering work related to the water main replacement project. Trustees agreed to contract with Gewalt-Hamilton Associates for this portion of the project, which is expected to cost $1.4 million overall.

The village also will contract with Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. for the design and construction engineering services for the pavement rehabilitation project, with a cost not to exceed $473,208. The total project cost is estimated at $3.6 million.