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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

What Is The Limit of What the City Allows To Be Dumped in The City?

If you drive on 7th St. in the East End of Peru, you may have noticed a new owner at the property located in a residential part of Peru that will be come a new Peru business. I have no problem with the business but I do with the manner of construction that has been taking place.  Or I should say deconstruction.

A concrete block bldg on the property was taken down which left a huge pile of concrete bricks soon to be followed by the breakup of the old driveway.

Where does the city want this dumped? With the permission and the cities knowledge the entire bldg and driveway was dumped into the large ravine area between Monks Avenue and 6th Street on the east side. Of course you all know that a sanitary sewer runs through the center and the creek really fills up during periods of rain. To the north private ownership on both sides has kep it in its natural state and is a natural worded area with all that entails.

But south of the "'fill" which is the road  made to traverse across the ravine which was built many years ago. South is where there is a long standing issue of people trying :"to fill it up" which in some parts has caused Mother Nature to take over and cause land slippage and cause slides. It has been stabilized by allowing trees and foilage to keep it mostly in place but sometimes it continues moving, yes nature is alive.

A large section of the land which has been stable for years has now had tons of broken concrete slabs dumped onto it day after day and yes with the approval of the city of Peru. That includes our Public Works Supervisor and whomever he has told about it. Heavy dump trucks over the city streets all day daily.  I thought we had ordinances on the books to prevent this type of thing from happening but evidently not. The fact that I have complained is probably part of why no help was received.

Yes the land owner wants this debris and maintains he has the right to do this and the Peru Police Dept. agrees also. I am writing this so if some time in the future people have problems with the drainage and a whole new generation is inhabiting this town, someone may find these words and know why it happened.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

There's definately a lot to know about this issue. I like all the points you've made.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard of cutting a ribbon or being paid a sales tax because of the 7th street fill? In fact you must go 8 blocks north to Shooting Park Road to get any city interest. The further north the greater the interest grows. Yet you insist upon speaking of the past, the dead old dilapidated section of Peru south of Shooting Park Road.
Why can't people leave Peru's Public Works Supervisor alone? He is a tired, tired, tired man from picking up his heavy taxpayers donation, his check is among the biggest ever been drawn by a short term employee and only outdone by the Administrative Manager. Where did he accumulate his needed qualifications to be certified for his responsibilities?
Lois I agree that the fact YOU have complained is the reason no help was received. My biggest regret in moving from Peru to Naperville is that I didn't do it years sooner. Enjoy life so much more!

Anonymous said...

Too bad more of em didn't go with you! If you dont like Peru, I agree... Move

Anonymous said...

Sure, you live Naperville and you come on a blog here that no one reads, just to agree with some post about a landfill. That makes sense. I sure hope you love your Naperville taxes.

Peru Town Forum said...

1:20 PM

I certainly hope you are not a Peru resident. If you read this opinion piece I wrote about a problem in a residential part of Peru and you think it is a landfill problem, I am absolutely flabbergasted. This could be happening in your neighborhood because I also know of other locations where the city is not controlling their residential areas for the betterment of its residents but instead for the people who are looking for cheap and easy ways to deposit their waste.

Anonymous said...

1:20 August 23
You state that no one reads this blog yet you commented on it which means YOU read it. Therefore, your statement is FALSE.

Anonymous said...

More nonsense. The city has no authority to allow dumping of anything that would alter the flow of water. This is controlled by FEMA. Nor can the city allow any dumping of anything considered harmful to the environment, this is controlled by the EPA. If the city is allowing the violation of any the rules of either agency I imagine there would be no shortage of citizens with cellphones videotaping the activity and reporting it. Both of those government agencies have enormous power to punish offenders.

Peru Town Forum said...

I assure you it is not nonsense and I can also tell you that because of the terrain of Peru there are deep areas where dumping can and probably does happen and the only people who are aware are the people in the affected areas. Early in the last century people did use areas like this for "dumps" and in more recent years people looking for old bottles etc., have frequented them . Nope you won't find anyone doing any video taping in the less frequented areas of Peru.