Tollway Construction: Ogden Ave & I-294 Overnight Ramp Closure

Eastbound Ogden Ramp:

•    Weather permitting, there will be a daytime shoulder closure on the eastbound Ogden Avenue to SB I-294 ramp on 12/17 to remove the damaged noisewall panel. 

•    Contr...

Metra to Replace GPS Tracking and Announcement System

The new state-of-the-art system will also include a test of automatic passenger counting technology. 

Read the news release from Metra here .

New Post Office Box Address for Payments

P.O. Box 528 Western Springs, IL 60558 is no longer accepting mail. Payments should be directed to P.O. Box 6127, Carol Stream, IL 60197-6127. If your bank issues payments on your behalf, you'll need to update your bank remittances to reflect this change.

President's Corner Message, December 2018

Read Alice Gallagher's message about essential water and sewer infrastructure projects in the Village - including critical maintenance and upgrades that will likely impact 2019 water/sewer rates.

http://wsprings.com/483/Presidents-Corner

Read on...

Holiday Light Recycling at Village Hall

The Green Team of First Congregational Church has placed a collection box inside Village Hall for broken holiday lights. Bring in your light strands for recycling until January 15.

Johnson Avenue & 45th/46th Intersection Closures

The intersections of Johnson Avenue and 45th/46th will be closed to east/west traffic beginning November 15, 2018. The intersections are being fully reconstructed in concrete. A reconstruction requires the removal and replacement of the existing pavement ...

Holiday Refuse & Recycling + Christmas Tree Collection

Holiday Refuse Schedule 2018

Christmas:

Tuesday refuse pick-up service will take place on Wednesday (December 26), and Friday refuse pick-up service will take place on Saturday (December 29).

New Year:

Tuesday refuse pick-up service will take place on Wednesd...

Refuse and Recycling Survey Results

Throughout the month of August, residents were able to complete the Refuse and Recycling Survey. The survey was available to residents through the Village website and hard copies of the survey were provided at Village Hall. Please click the link below to ...

ComED Tree Trimming: 55th Street and Heritage Estates

ComEd intends to perform vegetation management activities on distribution circuits in Western Springs over the next several months.  Work will occur ion 55th Street and in Heritage Estates. 

ComED will provide notification to affected res...

Public Meeting for NPDES Permitting Requirements

The Village will host a meeting on December
17, 2018 at 6:00 PM at The Village of Western Springs, Village Hall, AllPurpose Room, 740 Hillgrove Avenue, Western Springs, IL 60558 for the purpose
of discussing the Village’s NPDES Permit, Pollu...

ComED Tree Trimming: Old Town North

ComEd intends to perform vegetation management activities on distribution circuits in Western Springs over the next several months.  Work will occur in the Old Town North subdivision

ComED will provide notification to affected residents. An exampl...

Nicor Main Installations - Field Park

Over the next several months Nicor crews will be in the Village installing new gas main in the northeast portion of the community.

Work will include directional boring for new gas mains and connections to residential services. In some cases Nicor and its c...

Registration now open for CSB Winter Basketball Clinics

CHRISTOPHER SPARTZ BASKETBALL WINTER CLINIC SIGN UP NOW AVAILABLE

OPEN TO BOYS AND GIRLS 1st-8th GRADE

3 Reasons to sign up today:

**to improve your basketball skills

**to get out of the house and have fun with your friends

**and to fall in love with the game ...

Sign up for Snow Days with Blue Moose!

Are you looking for something fun for your kids to do over Winter Break?   Participants will enjoy fun activities, sports, games and crafts with the Blue Moose Staff.  Join us for 6 mornings full of FUN!! Meet some new friends or enjoy s...

2018 Roadway Program - Substantial Completion and Full Access

The 2018 Roadway Program is substantially complete and both Lawn Avenue and Johnson Avenue will be fully open for public use today. The parkways have been regraded for the winter and fresh topsoil and sod will be installed in the spring. Another update wi...

2018 Roadway Program - Johnson Avenue Access (Update 11/30/18)

Please refer to the list below on available access to Johnson. Additional updates will be sent out as access changes. Please remember that all dates are weather dependent. 

Johnson/45th

The sewer contractor has completed all work at the intersectio...

2018 Roadway Program - Johnson Avenue Access

There are multiple contractors on-site performing work on Johnson Avenue. Please refer to the list below on available access to Johnson. Additional updates will be sent out as access changes. Please remember that all dates are weather dependent.

Johnson/4...

2018 Roadway Program - Project Update 11/28/2018

Lawn Avenue

The contractor will be on-site tomorrow morning to the pour the remaining west sidewalk and any miscellaneous sidewalk on Lawn. The contractor will then focus on filling in all brick paver areas for the winter as they will be installed in the s...

2018 Roadway Program - Johnson Avenue/Lawn Avenue Driveway Access

Johnson Avenue 

Driveway access to the west side of Johnson Avenue (45th-46th) will be available on 11/23/18. Once the west lane is opened, vehicles will be available to enter and exit the block at the 46th and 45th Street intersections. The contr...

2018 Roadway Program - Saturday Work

The contractor has requested the ability to work on the remaining Saturdays this year. The Municipal Code states that heavy machinery cannot be used between the hours of 9:00AM-5:00PM on Saturdays (5-2-3 Limitations of Construction Noise). The contractor ...

Johnson Avenue Intersection Closures/Johnson Avenue (46th-45th) Access (Updated 11/16/2018)

Update 11/16/2018

Please refer to the updated Intersection Closure Map. The intersection work has been re-configured due to the ComED utility poles. The poles in questions are scheduled for removal today, but their presence has delayed a the west portion o...

2018 Roadway Program - Project Update 11/12/2018

The contractor is preparing the sub-base of both Lawn Avenue and Johnson Avenue (45th-46th) and pouring some driveway apron and curb gaps today and tomorrow. The west lane of Lawn Avenue is scheduled to be poured on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Additiona...

2018 Roadway Program - Project Update 11/7/2018

The contractor is still on schedule to complete the majority of the concrete items (pavement, driveways, sidewalk, etc.) by the Thanksgiving Holiday. All landscaping items (restoration of parkway with sod, tree/landscaping plantings, etc.) will likely be ...

2018 Roadway Program - West Johnson Avenue (46th-45th) Removal Start Date

The contractor will begin pavement removal on the west lane of Johnson (45th-46th) as early as tomorrow morning. All residents on the west side of Johnson Avenue (45th-46th) should have your vehicles out of your driveway by 7:00AM tomorrow (10/31/18) morn...

2018 Roadway Program - East Lane of Johnson Avenue (45th-46th) Re-Opening

The east lane of Johnson Avenue (45th-46th) is scheduled to be re-opened today, pending the final concrete test results. If the lane is not re-opened today, it will be re-opened on Monday morning. The contractor will remove barricades from driveway aprons...

2018 Roadway Program - Nicor Gas Main Conflict on Lawn Avenue

The contractor has discovered a very shallow 2" Nicor gas main on Lawn Avenue. The main in question was displayed on the plans and specifications, but its depth was shallower than the standard depth for Nicor. Village staff and the contractor are wor...

2018 Roadway Program - Leaf Pick-Up

Leaf pick-up will remain available on Johnson Avenue and Lawn Avenue. Please pile your leaves on the parkway, between the sidewalk and curb. Public Works crews will retrieve them with the vactor truck if the roadway is available. If they cannot get down t...

2018 Roadway Program - West Lawn Avenue Pavement Removal Start Date

The contractor will begin the removal of the west lane of Lawn Avenue tomorrow, October 17, 2018, weather permitting. Residents on the west side of Lawn should have your vehicles our of the driveway by 7:00 AM. Vehicles are allowed to park overnight on th...

2018 Roadway Program - Johnson Avenue Sewer Information

Staff has received various correspondences today. Please see the information below to help clear some of the misinformation.

Storm Sewer Installation 

Johnson Avenue was previously comprised of a single sewer (varying between 10"-12") ben...

Update: Field Park Sanitary Main Replacement Begins December 13

Update: The start of construction has been delayed one day and will begin on December 13. 

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Replacement of approximately 100' ...

Well 5 Project Site Now Online

The project page for the well #5 construction project is now online. Information regarding the well construction project, including project status updates, will be made available at http://wsprings.com/well5. Residents may also choose to sign up for email...