Project Grant 00E03020

Award Date 3/1/22
Completion Date 3/31/25
Dollars Obligated $7M
Federal Agency
EPA Region 5
Federal Grant Program
66.469
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Brooklyn Heights, OH, USA

NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT (NEORSD) WILL STABILIZE 3,500 LINEAR FEET OF WEST CREEK WITHIN THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AREA OF CONCERN. NEORSD WILL RESTORE FISH PASSAGE, ENHANCE ECOLOGICALLY BENEFICIALLY HABITAT, AND STABILIZE STREAMBANK BY REMOVING THE CONCRETE FLUME AND APPLYING A RAISED-BED APPROACH ALONG THE MAIN STEM OF WEST CREEK. FOUR ACRES OF AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL HABITAT WILL BE RESTORED OR ENHANCED, ALSO ALLOWING 2.5 MILES OF BARRIER-FREE PASSAGE FOR AQUATIC SPECIES IN THE WEST CREEK UPSTREAM FROM THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE CUYAHOGA RIVER. THE TWO BENEFICIAL USE IMPAIRMENT (BUI) TO BE ADDRESSED ARE: DEGRADATION OF FISH POPULATION AND LOSS OF FISH HABITAT.

Posted 7/16/21, 12:00 AM