DYER | The project for the Briar Crossing retention area is ready to go out for bid, but solutions for the Sandy Ridge subdivision will require a few more meetings, stormwater officials said at the board's November meeting.
Briar Crossing is along 213th Street east of Calumet Avenue. Its stormwater retention area originally was meant to serve as parkland during dry periods, but the developer, Olthof Homes, was called back to make improvements after the discovery that the area wouldn't drain properly. The Stormwater Board ultimately put Briar Crossing on its list of capital projects for tackling drainage problems.
Meanwhile, the pond in Sandy Ridge was built before Dyer had a Stormwater Board and before the town's stormwater standards were put in place.
The pond is about a third too small, an engineer's report found. Moreover, the neighborhood's storm pipes are sized to handle a 10-year storm, while its pumps are big enough to handle a 100-year storm.
Sandy Ridge residents have complained of flooding problems for years, and their neighborhood was among those hardest hit during flooding in 2007.
