Let's celebrate whatever reductions in nutrient rich sediment to the lakes that
this project will aid!!
Dave
>________________________________
> From: "STRAWSER, Charles" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:27 AM
>Subject: [Bikies] University Bay Drive Stormwater Projects will affect
>Lakeshore Path
>
>
>
>Construction along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path (adjacent to University Bay
>Drive, mostly near Picnic Point) this fall will create some temporary
>disruptions to travel along those portions of the path, beginning sometime
>after September 3. Please slow down and use caution in the area when you see
>the signs. The full announcement is below my signature, and that’s all the
>information I have at this point.
>
>Chuck Strawser
>Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
>Commuter Solutions
>Transportation Services
>UW-Madison
>Room 124 WARF
>610 Walnut St
>Madison WI 53726
>608-263-2969
>www.wisc.edu/trans
>
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>
>The University of Wisconsin is proud to be working on a stormwater quality
>improvement projecthere on the west end of campus. The intent of the project
>is to remove nutrient rich sediment from the stormwater that falls on
>university lands before it reaches the lake.
>
>Phase one of the project constructed four bio-retention facilities near the
>Eagle Heights Apartments and University Houses areas. These areas are
>designed to absorb, holdand slowly release stormwater and remove sediment.
>Currently, this stormwater along with any sediment it collects, runs quickly
>to Lake Mendota.
>
>The next phase of the project is to construct a stormwater pond at the north
>portion of Lot 60 and bio-retention basins in the ditches between University
>Bay Drive and the Lakeshore Path. The pond at Lot 60 will have a continuous
>pool of water and be surrounded with native vegetation when complete. The
>ditches between University Bay Drive and the Lakeshore Path will be excavated
>and then refilled with engineered fill to absorb, holdand slowly release the
>stormwater as it removes the sediment similar to the first phase of the
>project. These ditches will also be planted with native vegetation.
>
>Construction will begin on September 3, 2013 on the Lot 60 Pond and continue
>through the fall with an estimated completionfor the summer of 2014. The
>University Bay Drive ditches will follow the same schedule with a slightly
>later start date. There will be construction fencing around the sites and
>plenty of activity.
>
>Only temporary disruptions to bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the Lakeshore
>Path will occur. This will be near the entrance to Picnic Pointwhere an
>underground pipe will need to be replaced. The path will remain open but
>visitors, bicyclists and pedestrians will need to slow down as they approach
>and pass through the construction zone. The area will be signedfor safety
>purposes. If you are a pedestrian in the area you can take the path inside the
>Picnic Point wall that is not much longer and is surfaced with compacted
>limestone. Auto traffic from University Bay Drive onto Lake Mendota Drive
>will be narrowed temporarily as will drive entrances to some of the Eagle
>Heights parking areas. Please use caution in and around the construction
>areas.
>
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