Little Sugar Creek
Stream restoration near NoDa
Additional stream work complete
An unexpected chapter has been added to the story of this Storm Water Services stream
restoration project. In 2013, owners of three additional flood-prone properties near Little
Sugar Creek and Cullman Avenue sold their land to county government. This brings to 16 the
number of parcels purchased in this project area through the local floodplain buyout program.
This fall, Storm Water Services restored the natural path of the creek along those three
additional parcels. This latest work expands the stream restoration project which began in
2010. A total of 1,100 linear feet of the creek’s bed and banks in the NoDa area has now been
repaired. As part of the project, gentle curves were added to the stream path to reduce erosion.
And the surrounding floodplain is being restored as open space, providing a safe place to store
some excess water during heavy rain.
The purpose of stream restoration is improved water quality. This project will not
stop the creek from flooding. However, flood damage will be reduced because more
than a dozen buildings have been permanently removed from the floodplain. A
FEMA grant helped pay for the buyouts. Money for the stream and floodplain
restoration came from the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund and
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services fees.
More at: stormwater.charmeck.org
Check out Storm Water Projects, then Little Sugar Creek Watershed.
Your Storm Water
fees at work!