2021 South End Green Stormwater Infrastructure
WATER QUALITY & CLIMATE RESILIENCY
We will be building 13 separate rain gardens (some with additional subsurface structures) to slow storm flows and filter out pollutants. These projects are being built with grant-funding at no cost to the ratepayer. Each generation of Burlingtonians has made significant progress in reducing their footprint on Lake Champlain. The Clean Water Resiliency Plan (CWRP) - approved by over 90% of voters in 2018 - is our effort to reinvest in and upgrade our aging infrastructure, and use best practices to combat the effects of and become more resilient to climate change. These 6 projects were planned under the CWRP with years of careful planning, sound engineering and design, using a best practices approach to managing stormwater in the 21st century. Collectively, these projects will manage nearly 6 acres of stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces, and help mitigate the most challenging of the few remaining Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) points in Burlington.
Here's a map of the GSI projects - highlighted in green - we have planned this year in the South End.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT & BACKGROUND INFO
Neighborhood Engagement to date:
- July 2019
- Front Porch Forum notice about soil borings
- March 5, 2020
- Presentation to Ward 6 NPA on project
- March 13, 2020
- Letter mailed to residents about project
- April 2020
- Direct email & Front Porch Forum updates on project delays due to COVID-19
- July 1-10, 2020
- 2nd letter mailed to residents
- Project flyers handed out to residents by Councilor Karen Paul
- July 9, 2020
- DPW Staff marked proposed system boundaries in chalk paint for residents to see on the ground
- July 13 & 14, 2020
- Series of 4 Zoom meetings held to inform residents and take feedback
- View a copy of the presentation slides HERE
- December 10, 2020
- Residents notified via email of project changes
- Notification included upcoming meeting links explaining changes further
- December 16, 2020
- Series of 2 meetings explaining design changes
- Link to presentation here
- January 6, 2021
- Notifications sent directly to abutters on proposed parking changes
- January 8, 2021
- Front Porch Forum posting to larger neighborhood on proposed parking changes
- Includes information on how to attend DPW Commission meeting on January 20, 2021
- Click the tile below to see copies of the parking change notification letters for each street effected
Questions?
Contact:
Jenna Olson
Water Policy & Programs Manager
JOlson@burlingtonvt.gov, 802-863-4501