Streets Reopen, Garbage Pickup Delayed in La Grange

Updated: 1:46 p.m.

All village departments are responding to flooding issues in La Grange, Assistant Village Manager Andrianna Peterson said Thursday morning.

The intersection at 47^th Street and East Avenue and several local streets were closed due to high water, she said. They reopened by early afternoon, but debris from the flooding could be seen strewn about the streets in southeast La Grange.

A vehicle struck a signal at La Grange and Ogden, but traffic was still able to pass through the intersection, she said. The accident has been cleared and signals are functioning normally.

Crews are out clearing sewers and making sure water can flow, Peterson said, but the situation is improving. The underpass at Ogden and the BNSF train tracks was closed due to flooding earlier in the morning but reopened by about 9:30 a.m., she said.

“Things are starting to regulate a little bit better now,” she said. “It’s probably helping that the rain doesn’t seem to be coming down like it was.”

Garbage removal is delayed for residents on the south side of La Grange scheduled for Thursday pickup, she said. Allied Waste is having a hard time getting its crews out because Mannheim and Lake is shut down right around its truck yard.

Though some trucks should be able to get out to La Grange Thursday, the process is expected to continue through Friday.

Cancellations:

District 102: All after-school activities, as well as this evening's Park Fest.

Lyons Township High School: All after-school activities and athletics.

Park District of La Grange:

• Senior Scrabble Tournament
• Zumba Gold
• Lil Pint Hoops (9am & 10am)
• All Star All Sports (10:45am & 11:45am)
• CPR Certification Class
• All Preschool Classes
• Kiddie Kollege
• All jujitsu classes
• Video game animation
• All gymnastics classes

Community Park District of La Grange Park: All classes and programs at the Recreation Center.

La Grange Public Library: Storytime.

And in case anyone was considering spending a rainy day strolling through the zoo: Brookfield Zoo is closed, due to weather, for only the third time in its history.

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