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District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority George S. Hawkins, General Manager Briefing on: NORTHEAST BOUNDARY NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION PROJECT FIRST STREET TUNNEL Briefing for: Councilmember McDuffie Utility Coordination Meeting December 9, 2013 Background Project Snapshot Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) to: • • Relieve flooding the Northeast Boundary Area Control combined sewer overflows to: • Potomac River • Anacostia River • Rock Creek • Meet nutrient discharge limits of Chesapeake Bay Program Schedule: 2005-2025 Implemented under a Federal Consent Decree among: • • • • United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) United States Department of Justice (US DOJ) District of Columbia DC Water 2 Background Recent Bloomingdale Flooding 4 storms caused major flooding: July 10, 18, 19 and Sept 2, 2012 Mayor formed Task Force in Aug 2012 Task Force report delivered end of Dec 2012 Over 25 Recommendations: Public Outreach Regulatory Code Changes Operations & Maintenance Engineering Measures • McMillan Stormwater Storage • First Street Tunnel • NEBT 3 Background N Irving St. NEB Protection Project 2 FIRST STREET TUNNEL 8 million gallons Channing St. 3 NORTHEAST BOUNDARY TUNNEL Gravity System to Blue Plains 1 North Cap. St. 1 First St. MCMILLAN STORMWATER STORAGE & IRVING STREET RAIN GARDENS 4 million gallons 2 3 4 First Street Tunnel Overview N 5 First Street Tunnel Utility Relocations and Alley Closures 6 First Street Tunnel Channing Street Construction Staging Area 7 First Street Tunnel Adams Street Construction Staging Area 8 First Street Tunnel V Street Construction Staging Area 9 First Street Tunnel Pumping Station Construction Staging Area 10 First Street Tunnel Alternative Parking Areas WS-APA (21 spaces) BS-APA (77 spaces) 143 W-APA (16 spaces) M-APA (34 spaces, private, church and CM only) PS-APA (8 spaces, private, church only) Strategy for Alternative Parking Areas • • • • Most-impacted residents fronting staging area get assigned space Parking Tags distributed to area residents Security service at alternative parking areas to enforce permit/assigned parking Shuttle for residents 24/7 11 Schedule Construction: October 2013 – March 2016 Mobilization in Neighborhood: February 2014 – July 2014 APA’s Constructed: February 2014 – June 2014 Channing Street Mining Shaft: October 2013 – March 2016 Adams Street Diversions: June 2014 – March 2016 First and V Street Diversions: April 2014 – March 2016 Pumping Station: June 2014 – March 2016 12 Public Meetings-FST Construction Tuesday, January 7th • Focus on Channing Street/McMillan Tuesday, January 14th • Focus on First & V Streets Thursday, January 23rd • Focus on Flagler & Adams Monday, January 27th All meetings are held at DC Water Bryant Street Pump Station at 301 Bryant Street NW All meetings are held from 7-9PM • Focus on First & Thomas 13 Contact Information First Street Tunnel Public Outreach Tom Lindberg (202) 787.4738 Email: [email protected] DC Water Public Outreach Emanuel Briggs (202) 787.2003 Email: [email protected] 14