GRAND TOWER, Ill. (WSIL) -- The sinkholes on Front Street in Grand Tower are taking a backseat to a much bigger problem.
On Monday, excavators dug beneath the southernmost corner of Front Street where the city's drainage pipe begins. Fire Chief Dennis Wright says the old, metal pipes suffered damaged after years of rust.
"The drain line comes all the way down to this south end," Wright said. "If they have a collapse in it anywhere down this way, the whole town's drainage will be shut off."
Workers will spend the next few weeks replacing the metal pipes with large plastic ones they hope will be more durable.
"This is a heavy plastic," Wright said. "Its got some flexibility and the joints are longer and they got a rubber gasket in it."
The city is doing this without funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Since 2019, the city applied numerous times for FEMA funds but efforts proved fruitless. The city is currently appealing FEMA's denial of its application.
Just like the large sinkhole it fixed at the intersection of Main and Schickle Streets last summer, the city is using a bank loan to pay for the project.
City officials received $350,000 from First Southern Bank for the project. In addition, the city spent $105,000 for the pipes. Officials say they have enough pipes to cover one-third of the project. Wright says that's Phase One of the project. Phase 2 would require another loan, which Wright says is a better option than waiting for FEMA.
""It's going to be some inconvenience because this road's going to be closed for a while," Wright said. "People in town have to understand that in order to get our town to the way it was they're going to have to put up with this for awhile."
Front Street will be closed for the next month during the project, Wright says. City officials estimate the project's cost to be around $4.5 million.
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