Wilora Lake
stream restoration project
YOUR STORM WATER FEES AT WORK
June 25, 2008
Dear Resident,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (Storm Water)
held a public meeting on May 27, 2008 at Hickory Grove
Branch Library for the Wilora Lake Restoration Project.
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The meeting discussed the proposed improvements.
Meeting highlights:
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Mr. Greg Cole, Project Manager, discussed the
organization of the project team and provided a general
overview of the Storm Water Services Program.
Design details are still being finalized, but the final pond
layout is complete.
The main components of the new pond include:
forebays, wetlands, pond, littoral shelf, dam, pond drain
valve and a maintenance road gate.
The construction sequence is anticipated to start
with removing some trees, then building a small
dam upstream called a coffer dam, draining the
For more information about this project or detailed
meeting minutes, please visit our website at
http://stormwater.charmeck.org and click on Storm Water
Projects, Storm Water Projects again, then Wilora Lake.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact
the Project Manager, Greg Cole at 704-336-4647 or
gcole@ci.charlotte.nc.us
Engineering & Property Management
Storm Water Services Division
600 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Wilora Lake Project Update
HIGHLIGHTS FROM PUBLIC MEETING
pond, removing existing dam, constructing new dam,
removing coffer dam, allowing pond to fill, once filled,
then planting littoral shelf.
The meeting concluded with a general question and
answer session. All individual citizen issues were
recorded.