A sign at the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Stuenkel Road welcomes visitors to University Park.
During a University Park Village Board committee meeting Tuesday, Village Manager Elizabeth Scott said the village received a $500,000 grant from Will County that will fund lead pipe replacement.Under the plan, Robinson Engineering will replace the lead pipes in about 50 of the oldest homes in the most affected areas of the village, Scott said. The pipes that will be replaced will be the ones that go directly to the home, she said.
“It’s basically going to be sampling that’s taken from different areas. It’s going to be an independent water sampling,” Scott said.
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