Village of Plainfield E-News Updates - 12/20/24

Mayor Argoudelis, the Board of Trustees, and local elected officials celebrated the grand opening of the new 143rd Street West Extension with a ribbon cutting this week. The new traffic signal at Ridge and 143rd was also turned on this week. Streetlight installation will continue in January. Punch list work, final restoration, and project completion are expected to take place in the spring. For more information on the project and ribbon cutting, click here.

Great news…Lockport Street, east of Route 59, has reopened to two-way traffic. As crews continue to install street lighting, there will be daytime work zone flagging and isolated traffic control over the next few months. Parkway restoration is scheduled for Spring 2025 and the final asphalt work is scheduled for August 2025.

RES continued installing in-stream structures this week, including stream barbs, root wads, and brush boxes. A combination of harvested material recycled from other construction sites and new riprap stone comprises these in-stream features. These structures will provide habitat and refuge areas for small fish, as well as concentrate flow toward the center of the DuPage River. RES will be off-site the next two weeks for the holidays and will restart work the week of January 6, 2025. Project website.

Work continued this week on the DuPage River bridge foundations, box culverts, and Fletcher Lake compensatory storage area, along with minor demolition work. The contractor is shutting down for the holidays and will be securing the site today as no further work is anticipated to occur until January 6. 143rd Street Corridor project website.

• The Village Offices will be closed December 24-25, 2024 and January 1, 2025.

• Refuse and recycling collection will be delayed by one day due to Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

• Buckle up and drive safely! The Police Department is participating in the Holiday Click It or Ticket Enforcement Campaign through January 2. Click here for details.

The Village Preservation Association (VPA) invites you to visit the downtown neighborhoods, on December 23 and 24, to see the streets aglow with luminaries. The VPA will illuminate the Village’s historic neighborhoods at dusk with more than 1,500 candles. For more information, visit plainfieldvpa.org.

Commercial and residential business owners can now renew their business license for 2025 online. Please note: you will need to login using last year’s username and password. Licenses must be renewed by December 31. If you have any questions, please email businesslicensing@goplainfield.com.

Waste Management will pick up live Christmas Trees and decorative greenery on your regular refuse collection day after the holiday. Please make sure that all ornaments, lights, and tinsel are removed. Larger trees must be cut so that each piece weighs 50 pounds or less and is four feet or shorter in length and width and tied with string.

• For updates on plowing during a snow event, follow the Public Works Department on Facebook (Plainfield, IL Public Works) and/or X (Twitter) (@PlainfieldILPW).
• For helpful information regarding snow removal and shoveling, visit the Village website.