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The City of Peoria is getting started on it's 18-year plan to control it's Combined Sewer Overflow problem. Part of the Year One work includes installing permeable pavers along roadways on the Near North side.

Q&A: City Engineer Klopfenstein provides details about Peoria’s long-term CSO Control project

Joe Deacon

Work is now underway as the City of Peoria begins addressing its persistent Combined Sewer Overflow problem. City engineer Andrea Klopfenstein discusses details of the 18-year control project.

Permeable pavers and bump-out planters will be installed in select locations on Peoria's near north side as part of the first-year phase of the city's long-term Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Project.

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Peoria to begin work on long-term CSO Control Project

Joe Deacon

First-year construction on Peoria's Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Project is expected to start Wednesday, weather permitting, on the city's near north side.

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Why Are These Blighted Old Peoria Schools Still Dodging The Wrecking Ball? It's Complicated

Tim Shelley

Ten years after it closed, the crumbling old Harrison School still stands at 2702 W. Krause Ave. on Peoria's South Side. It wasn't supposed to be this…

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Contaminated South Peoria Brownfield Slated For Cleanup, Redevelopment

Tim Shelley

Remediation of a contaminated brownfield site will start soon in South Peoria.The former Tabor property in the 3500-3600 block of SW Adams was once a…