Project Description
Construction on the Canal Importation Ponds & Outfall (CIPO) Drainage Improvement Project is scheduled to begin in fall 2007. The project will:
- Greatly reduce flood risk east of the New Mercer Ditch, including Constitution Avenue to City Park Drive and Elizabeth Street to Prospect Road—high-priority areas that were severely flooded in 1997;
- Map 175 homes out of the City-regulated floodplain through improvements;
- Reduce flooding in areas northeast of Prospect and Taft Hill Roads, including Elizabeth and Shields Streets and CSU;
- Improve water quality in Red Fox Meadows Detention Basin and downstream to Heatheridge Ponds;
- Improve local street drainage in Suffolk Street, Castlerock, Springfield and Glenmoor Drives and Taft Hill Road;
- Eliminate overtopping of Taft Hill Road, south of Prospect Road, during most storms;
- Improve conditions at Glenmoor Detention Basin; and
- Construct minor improvements at Avery Pond and Plum Detention Basin.
Goals:
- Protect people and properties from flooding in the Canal Importation Basin;
- Map 175 homes out of the City-regulated floodplain through improvements; and
- Restore and enhance affected wildlife habitat and natural areas.
The total project budget is $21.5 million over four years. Stormwater capital projects are funded with monthly rates.
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