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Eight years of planning and collaboration between the MWRD, the Village of South Holland and Cook County culminated Sept. 15 as officials celebrated the completion of the first phase of the Thorn Ditch Flood Mitigation Project at Maicach Park, 921 E. 165th St. in South Holland.

The MWRD and the Village of South Holland recently celebrated the completion of an eight-year 11.8-acre flood mitigation measure called the Thorn Ditch Mitigation Project.

The project is designed to reduce flooding affecting 130 homes and several roadways along the Central Road corridor.

MWRD, South Holland and Cook County to celebrate completion of Thorn Ditch flood mitigation project

A report ranks Chicago as the most climate-resilient large city on the planet — but is it that simple? In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons discuss the report with guests Kevin Fitzpatrick, assistant director of engineering at the MWRD, and Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility.