Construction Details

Many thanks to those residents who have chosen to attend our neighborhood meetings regarding the street construction next year. At these meetings, we tried to provide information about the construction process and how it will impact your street, your access, and overall, the general infrastructure and street impacts.

One example of this discussion is related to the width of Kensington Drive. This particular street is quite wide in some areas and realisitically, staff felt that it could be narrowed. At the neighborhood meeting, residents shared their thoughts, some in support of narrowing the streets and some in favor of keeping the width as it is now, which in most areas of Kensington Drive is over 36' wide.

A variety of concerns were discussed for both sides, including parking, saving or trying to limit the damage to the street tree's, costs, traffic calming, traffic routing and similar concerns.

Staff took those concerns and reached a compromise, which ideally accomplishes everyones objectives, on the width for this street. Our initial recommendation brought that street into comparable width as other Village streets (28.5') but after listening to points of neighbors, we proposed to the Public Works Committee a street width of 32.5'. That committee accepted that proposal and will make that recommendation to the Village Board tonight.

Please stay informed on construction for next year and if you have questions or concerns, please be sure to bring them up to someone (staff or elected officials or committee members). We are working diligently to keep information free flowing!!