Crest Hill breaks ground for Lake Michigan water project

Crest Hill on Friday celebrated the start of construction for its end of a project that will bring Lake Michigan water to six local municipalities.The city of Crest Hill’s $140 million contribution to the Lake Michigan water project is “the biggest single investment in the city’s history,” Mayor Ray Soliman noted at the groundbreaking ceremony. The event was at the site of a future receiving station that will take in most of the Lake Michigan water to be used in Crest Hill.The station will be located at 701 Caton Farm Road next to a city well housed in a plain brick building.Crest Hill, like the other municipalities in the Grand Prairie Water Commission formed for the Lake Michigan water project, now gets underground water from wells.The wells will be maintained for emergencies.But Crest Hill residents can expect to start getting Lake Michigan water in 2030.Soliman called the groundbreaking “a historic day for the city of Crest Hill,” going on to say that the water project “will improv