Rock Springs Bitter Creek Reconstruction Design Master Plan and Environmental Assessment
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_Landmark
Design headed a
team of engineers and hydrologists in the development of a master plan to reclaim and redevelop the Bitter Creek drainage through
downtown Rock Springs, Wyoming. The Master Plan was completed in
December
2007 and includes extensive analysis and documentation of conditions
along
the 3.5 mile long creek corridor, a variety of creek
channel
improvement options and alternatives, a design plan that removes 580 acres of historic
downtown
Rock Springs from the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
and
various trails and related amenities that help return the creek into the physical and social fabric of
the
City.
In early 2008 funding from the Wyoming State Division of Environmental Quality - Abandoned Mine Lands Division was legislated as part of completing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project, signaling the first phase of improvements. Landmark Design completed the EA in September 2009 and an Amendment in 2011. A first phase of improvement included two detention basins on Dead Horse Canyon Creek and improvements to the Dead Horse Canyon Creek Levee, which resulted in over 200 acres being removed from the flood plain. Landmark Design continues to oversee the implementation of several related implementation projects which were spurred by the original Master Plan and EA. |
