123rd Place In Palos Heights To Close For Water Main Installation

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL — A section of 123rd Place will be closed four days for installation of a water main in Palos Heights for installation of the regional Oak Lawn water main project.

Starting Monday, Aug. 31, 123rd Place west of 76th Avenue and east of McCarthy Road will be closed for a water pipeline installation. Work is expected to be completed Sept. 3, weather permitting.

The road will be open to local traffic only and residents on 123rd Place will have access to their homes. Detour signs will be posted.

Oak Lawn buys Lake Michigan water from Chicago and sells it to 12 area suburbs, including Chicago Ridge, Country Club Hills, Matteson, Mokena, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Olympia Fields, Orland Hills, Orland Park, Palos Hills, Palos Park and Tinley Park. The 50-year-old distribution system is in need of a significant overhaul. All the towns have agreed to help pay for it, using a formula that considers factors, including how much each suburb consumes in water. The system serves 350,000 customers. The project has run over budget, costing $217 million.