Bassett Creek Dredging Feasibility Proposed project to dredge accumulated sediment in the Main Stem of Bassett Creek withing Theodore Wirth Regional Park

Project Milestones

Background

Funding

As is required for Bassett Creek Watershed Management Organization (BCWMC) CIP Projects, a feasibility study must be completed prior to BCWMC holding a hearing and ordering the project. The feasibility study will estimate the amount of material to be dredged, identify sediment contamination issues, discuss methods for dredging the material from the lagoons and disposing of the dredged material, review the environmental review and permitting requirements, and develop a concept plan and cost estimate for the project.

This project is consistent with the goals and policies in the 2015 – 2025 BCWMC Watershed Management Plan.  The BCWMC completed a Resource Management Plan (RMP) in 2009 through which the USACE and the BCWMC agreed on a series of steps, work items, deliverables (called “protocols”) that must be accomplished and submitted to complete the RMP process and USACE review/approval process.

Several studies and projects have been completed in and along the study area.

Relevant work and scope implications are listed below:

• Feasibility Report for the 2012 Bassett Creek Main Stem Restoration Project – Golden Valley Road
  to Irving Avenue North (Barr, 2011)