Hillside Park creek improvements
The City of Waterloo will be improving several sections of Forwell Creek and Laurel Creek in Hillside Park. Work will be done on two sections of Laurel Creek near the Wastewater Treatment Plant, and one section of Forwell Creek just upstream of where it meets Laurel Creek.
This work to rehabilitate the creek shoreline will minimize the risk of erosion and bank failure, which could lead to flooding and damage to nearby infrastructure. It will also improve the water quality in the creeks, and promote a healthy, diverse habitat for fish.
These three sites were identified for rehabilitation in the Laurel Creek and Sanitary Trunk Sewer Class Environmental Assessment (“Class EA”) and Preliminary Design Report. These sites were referred to as Sites 10, 11, 13 and 14 in the Class EA report.
The city previously consulted with the public during the Class EA process of this project. The Class EA is a provincially regulated process for the evaluation and implementation of municipal infrastructure projects. The previously completed Class EA included three public information centre meetings, and received input from a public advisory task force that was established to represent the community’s interest in the study. The task force consisted of members of the local community, a representative from the citizen’s environmental advisory committee, a representative from the transportation and trails advisory committee and the local ward councillor. Details on this past engagement can be found in Section 7 of the Class EA report, beginning on page 82.
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