Shorewood Recoups $28,000 Spent During Probe into Fuel Leak in Sewer System

Village Manager Chris Swartz said Monday Citgo gas station has cut Shorewood a check for $28,000, reimbursing it for expenses incurred during a fuel leak into the sewer system last October.

Swartz said the village had originally written off the expense, and was surprised to receive the money.

"Village Attorney Ray Pollen had written some letters to the insurance company, and made sure we kept on it," Swartz said.

The majority of the cost to the village came from the hire of an environmental agency that monitored the leak, Swartz added.

In early October, a report of a gas leak in an apartment basement near East Capitol Drive and North Wilson Drive sparked a weeklong search for the source of a fuel leak in Shorewood's sewer system and subsequent investigation.

later lead crews and North Shore Fire officials to the Citgo gas station, 1602 E. Capitol Dr., which was ultimately labeled as the source of the leak.

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