(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Residents in Northlake, Westchester, Broadview, Stone Park, Bellwood and Melrose Park know all too well what it’s like to have water in their basement after a heavy rain.
On Wednesday, officials broke ground at a site on Washington Boulevard near 25th Avenue in Bellwood. It will become a 600-acre reservoir designed to help prevent flooding for thousands of structures near Addison Creek.
The $63 million project of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is expected to be completed by early 2022.