Unexpected Repair Costs Almost $500K for Wilmette’s Centennial Park

Wilmette Park District officials will have to find more capital projects to defer to pay for more work on the Centennial Park tennis complex, where a wall buckled during an April storm--the fall tennis season probably won’t be delayed by the new work, Wilmette Life reported.

The $1.96 million in repairs for the complex’s east wall is covered by insurance but almost $500,000 in unexpected repairs and upgrades required at Centennial is not covered by insurance, the newspaper reported.

The torrential rainstorms in April washed out the foundation of earth underneath the wall of the center’s tennis court area, causing it to collapse on April 18. Even though construction teams immediately came to shore up the wall and tennis area roof, Wilmette Park District Executive Director Steve Wilson says that by April 20 the wall had shifted so much that it had to be demolished.

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