Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Projects
July 25, 2008
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Char-Meck, Land Use and Environmental Services Office.
Stream Restoration - CPCC, Mid Town, Kings Dr.
Liz Hair, Stream Stabilization – Enhancement
Westfield, Stream Restoration, BMPs
Wilmore Walk - Rain Gardens, Permeable Pavement
Shops at Freedom Drive – Rain Gardens.
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Little Sugar – CPCC,Midtown,Kings
Cost- CPCC :
$1.3 million ($1 million CWMTF, $300,000 Local)
Acquisition: Land swap
Length:
1,920 linear feet
Midtown: $1.3 million ($615,000 CWMTF, $662,000 Local)
Acquisition: $5 million +
Length:
1,900 linear feet
Kings:
$1.4 million
($280,000 CWMTF, $575,000 NCDENR, $575,000 Local)
Acquisition: $22 million for 15.6 acres of existing
Commercial businesses.
Length: 2,200 linear feet
Drainage Area- 8 square miles
Begin Project construction:
August 2007
End Project construction:
Fall 2008
Designer:
Land Design, Wildlands
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2004
All properties just to the left of the center street have been bought and demolished.
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Little Sugar – Liz Hair
Cost: $ 130,000.00
Length: 3,390 feet
Drainage Area- 9 square miles
Begin Project construction:
June 2005
End Project construction:
August 2005
Special Consideration: Greenway Trail, Confined space, access, timing for
construction/plants. Very flashy reach of stream.
Funding: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water
Designer: Buck Engineering
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Westfield
Land Acquisition / Demolition:
$12 +/- Million (70 Homes)
Construction:
$ 2.4 Million
Drainage Area-
11 Square Miles
Begin Project:
Feb 2004
End Project:
Dec 2004
Special Consideration: Greenway Trail, Park & Recreation.
Charlotte, City Storm Water – Best Management Practices (Water Quality)
Funding:
Clean Water Trust Management Trust Fund
Mecklenburg County
City of Charlotte
Designer:
Buck Engineering (Stream) / CDM (BMPs)
Looking Upstream above Hillside Drive.
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Before/After the project. Looking Northwest at the lower stream reach of the
project. Note all homes in the photo were part of the FEMA flood plain buyout program.
2005
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Wilmore Walk, Townhouse Comm.
Low impact design, porus asphalt, rain gardens
Cost-
Total Project Cost: To be announced $
Drainage Area-
1 acre
Begin Project construction:
2005
End Project construction:
2005
Special Consideration: Community
Funding:
Private Developer
Designer:
Estees Design
Site during construction
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Site during construction
Site after project completed
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Shops at Freedom Drive
LID Retrofit, Rain Gardens
Total Project Cost: $140,000
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Drainage Area-
2.5 acres
Begin Project construction:
April 2006
End Project construction:
June 2006
Special Consideration:
Property Owner support, parking,
public education, signage.
Funding:
City of Charlotte Storm Water Pilot BMP Project
Designer:
Mecklenburg County
Original Site, Angled parking, small traffic islands with minimal vegetation.
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Bonus Material, Little Sugar Restoration
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Hidden Valley
Cost-
Total Project Cost: $4.4 million
Drainage Area-
1300 acres
Begin Project construction:
April 2003
End Project construction:
February 2005
Special Consideration: Community support, trails, public education, signage.
Funding:
Clean Water Trust Management Trust Fund
Mecklenburg County
City of Charlotte
Designer:
CDM (BMPs/Utilities) / Biohabitats (Stream)
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Conceptual Design
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Dec 2004
Sep 2006
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Freedom Park
CostLand Acquisition / Demolition: $305,000
Construction:
$1.2 Million
Drainage Area:
9 Square Miles
Begin Construction:
May 2002
End Construction
Oct. 2003
Special Consideration:
Keep the park open, Preserve Cherry Trees
Funding:
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
Designer:
HDR
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Dec 2004
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