HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnv - 2013-06-06 - Filsinger Park Project Update
Date:
Thursday, June 6, 2013
To:
Daphne Livingstone, Committee Administrator
From:
Allison White, Design & Construction Project Manager, Stormwater
Utility
cc:
Carrie Musselman, Senior Environmental Planner
Subject:
Environmental Committee June 20 2013– Filsinger Park Project Update
Filsinger Park Project: The improvements to Victoria Park Lake (VPL) were completed
in 2012. Improvements to the lake were the first phase of a multi phased project to
improve water quality and aquatic and terrestrial habitat in Victoria Park Lake and its
upstream tributaries. The next phase of the project will provide improvements to the
upstream tributaries from Victoria Park Lake through Filsinger Park.
The objective of the improvements is multi-faceted;
The naturalization of the concrete channel within Filsinger Park will increase
terrestrial and aquatic habitat conditions within the channel to allow for upstream
aquatics to prosper within the park and to enhance the downstream to Victoria Park
Lake.
The detailed design and construction of new stormwater management facilities in
Filsinger Park will provide improved water quality control for the associated
upstream catchment areas currently discharging uncontrolled stormwater
downstream.
The restoration of trails and pathways will be created to enhance the overall
experience for the public within the park. An extension of the existing trail will create
a formal connection to Victoria Park.
The design and budgeting and phasing of the construction of the work is being
completed in 2013. Construction will commence in 2014 and 2015. We will shortly seek
public input at a public open house meeting in July.
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