[Durham INC] Fwd: [TPD-NC] Durham Hosts Lakewood Avenue Stream Stabilization Project Update

Wed Nov 30 20:14:04 EST 2022

Mimi Kessler
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From: City of Durham Communications Department <Communications at durhamnc.gov>
Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 3:26 PM
Subject: [TPD-NC] Durham Hosts Lakewood Avenue Stream Stabilization Project
Update
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*News Media Contact*

Amy Blalock, Assistant Communications Director

919.475.7735 (mobile)

CommsMedia at DurhamNC.gov

News Release
For Immediate Release: November 30, 2022

*Durham Hosts Lakewood Avenue Stream Stabilization Project Update*

*December 13 Meeting to Provide Construction Updates for Third Fork Creek
Improvements; *

*Area Ranked in Top 15 of Needed Buffer Restoration Projects*

DURHAM, N.C. – Planning is underway to improve the health of a local creek
and the use of nearby sidewalks, and residents are now invited to learn
more about the changes coming to Third Fork Creek in the Lakewood Avenue
area of Durham.

On Tuesday, December 13 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Durham
County Main Library, located at 300 N. Roxboro St., attendees will meet
with City of Durham project staff to learn more about the stream
enhancements planned for Third Fork Creek
<https://www.durhamnc.gov/4903/Lakewood-Avenue-Stream-Stabilization-and>.

“Our project team invites questions from residents on the stream
improvement process and how the trees and other plants will grow over
time,” said Project Manager Sandra Wilbur <Sandra.Wilbur at DurhamNC.gov> with
the Stormwater Division of the City of Durham Public Works Department.
“Once the project is complete, neighbors will notice more stable stream
banks and more native plants growing in the area. The stream project will
also make nearby sidewalks more usable.”

According to Wilbur, Phase I of the stream stabilization and enhancement
project will happen north of Lakewood Avenue, west of the American Tobacco
Trail. Construction for Phase I is expected to start in 2023, and Public
Works is coordinating their project with Water Management's Lakewood Avenue
Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project
<https://www.durhamnc.gov/3976/Lakewood-Avenue-Sewer-Replacement-Projec> in
the same area.

Phase II of the project is in the design and planning stage and is proposed
for the south side of Lakewood Avenue between South Roxboro and South Duke
streets. The December 13 meeting is the first public information session
planned before the design team applies for Phase II federal and state
permits. Construction is scheduled to follow in 2023.

Once the estimated $830,000 project is complete in summer of 2024, the work
will improve the water quality of Third Fork Creek, reduce erosion and
sediment, provide new plants and living spaces for animals, and benefit the
overall health of downstream rivers and lakes.

A sustainable, natural, and built environment is a goal in Durham’s Strategic
Plan <https://www.durhamnc.gov/183/Envision---City-of-Durham-Strategic-Plan>,
and this project was identified in the 2012 Durham Third Fork Creek
Watershed Management Plan
<https://www.durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3282/Third-Fork-Creek-Watershed-Management-Plan---Volume-1-December-2012-PDF?bidId=>
as one of the areas in the watershed with the greatest need for work to
enhance or restore stream channels and buffer areas. In the plan, the
Lakewood Avenue project was ranked as one of the top 15 buffer restoration
projects.

To see a map and for more details, visit the project webpage
<https://www.durhamnc.gov/4903/Lakewood-Avenue-Stream-Stabilization-and>.
Additional questions may also be sent to Wilbur by email
<Sandra.Wilbur at DurhamNC.gov> or by calling (919) 560-4326, ext. 30286.

*About the Public Works Department Stormwater Division*

The Stormwater Division <https://durhamnc.gov/692/Stormwater-GIS-Services>
with the City of Durham Public Works Department is guided by the
City’s Strategic
Plan <https://durhamnc.gov/183/Strategic-Plan> goals of sustainable,
natural, and built environment and innovative and high-performing
organization. Activities include storm drainage design and plans review;
inspecting and maintaining City-owned drainage systems; enforcing
stormwater ordinances and regulations; education and outreach; stream
monitoring, restoration, and watershed master planning. To learn more
follow on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/DurhamNCStormwater> and Twitter
<https://twitter.com/DurhamStormH2O>.

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