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
City of Burlington Construction Portal
2020 projects map with tentative schedules - as they become available
Presentation to Ward 6 NPA | 3/5/2020
Presentation to the March 5th Ward 6 NPA
July 31 2019 Front Porch Forum to Neighborhood
Read our early update to the neighborhood
June 24, 2019 City Council Packet
The grant funding for this project was approved at BOF & CC
Questions?
Contact:
Jenna Olson
Water Policy & Programs Manager
JOlson@burlingtonvt.gov, 802-863-4501
