Greetings All,
It's been a while but, here is the deal. Back in June of 2011 I requested that my the B-Box, (water shut-off mechanism) in front of my home be located.
Long story short, it took over a month, the DWM dug up the parkway in front of my home over 12 feet down multiple times, cut down my mature tree, dug up my driveway, and dug up half of my neighbors driveway before they found my B-Box located underneath the concrete in my neighbors driveway.
Then the problems really began. During one of the multiple excavations an abandoned stub of gas line was struck and covered over resulting in gas emissions for more than 2 weeks, increased street vibrations repeated excavation and repair by the Peoples Gas.
The DWM has repeatedly denied having lined the sewer in front of my home and failing to reconnect my home to the sewer resulting in water back up settling beneath my home causing soil erosion and saturation of my structural piers and other home stabilizing issues.
I have had meetings with DWM and the Aldermanic office regarding the sub standard parkway restoration causing more soil erosion and street vibrations. Some homes on South Shore Drive have sloped front yards and parkways. It is crucial to have a tree in the parkway to abate soil erosion. But I would imagine you first have to have dirt in your parkway to plant a tree. All of the sand and dirt in front of my home was removed and replace with gravel mix and covered over with a thin layer of dirt. My tree was violently ripped out by slamming the ground with a back hoe to dislodge the trunk and yanking it out by the roots with the same back hoe. No tree has not been replanted.
I am starting to feel like my house is under attack. The repair of the driveway has resulted in a driveway installation significantly lower than the pavement in the roadway and a gully between the two which collects water. Wonder if the soil erosion has anything to do with the lower installation. The ground is sinking in front of my home. The sewer in front of my home is also sinking because there is little or no grout between the bricks in the sewer and the sewer run off from a huge condominium is bypassing two other sewers and being dumped in the broken sewer directly in front of my home. There is a constant flow of water flowing into and leaching out into the ground under the roadway on South Shore Drive. There is no wonder that there are potholes cave ins and street vibrations.
In a city that claims to have no money:
Where do we find money to repeatedly re-repair sub standard work which must be done to preserve our neighborhoods?
Where do we find money to repeatedly re-repair sub standard work which must be done to preserve our neighborhoods?
Why most the residents project manage their own work to ensure follow through and adequate completion?
Why don't city departments talk to each other to get a good outcome for the residents of Chicago? Don't we pay them enough to expect excellent, complete work?
I am literally getting a pain in my neck. I will have to tell you more later.
Mayor Emmanuel stay on the case. If the suburbs were paying there fair share all along our infrastructure might not be in this condition.
Still Frustrated,
Sharon
