Berm was installed at the family's backyard to keep vehicles from crashing into it

Four months ago, the anxiety that a vehicle would fly through the back fence of Kendall Daly’s south Naperville home kept the 13-year-old up at night. But now, she can sleep easy knowing there’s a berm some 3 feet high keeping the unwanted “visitors” out of her family’s yard. “I’m not worried anymore,” she told the Naperville Sun Tuesday. For years, the Daly family had been dealing with an ...

Staff from Naperville’s Public Works, and Transportation, Engineering and Development departments put their heads together and realized they had an idea that could offer a solution: Build a berm.