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Peel Region Channel Remediation Strategy:
Turning them back into Streams
Etobicoke-Mimico Coalition Dec 5, 2013
Spring Creek Subwatershed – Pilot Project
Project Activities to Date
• Flood Risk Modelling– candidate sites
• Categories of Interest• Metrics, Analyses,
Ranking • Matrix - Weighted• Priority Sites and
Reaches for Spring Creek
Categories of Interest• ygfggthtt
Categories of Interest Urban Non-Urban
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity: Contributing to TNHSS objectives, biodiversity goals, and consistency with principles used to develop stream crossing guidelines.
5 17
Forest Health: Achieving a suite of natural infrastructure objectives, including urban forest targets and human well being.
5 17
Instream Ecology: Increasing the benefits to the fish community.
5 17
Restoration Opportunity Planning: Identifying multiple benefits and feasibilty of implementation
5 17
Flexibilty of Design: Considering the site conditions that allow for natural channel design to have least impacts related to water level changes
20 5
Infrastructure Risk: Examining areas that are in need of repair; and relative location to critical infrastructure
20 5
Public Use: Increasing the value and safety of the stream to the local community
20 5
Coordination with Municipal Capital Works: Increasing potential to fund projects and minimizing neighbourhood disruption.
20 17
Total 100 100
Weight
• Metrics• Ranking 1-5
Next Steps• Technical Steering Committee Endorsement
– Meeting December 10, 2013
• Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment – Spring 2014– Reach B– Detailed Design Guidance– Informing opportunities between sites
• First Project in Spring Creek– TRCA will likely lead in 2014
• Challenges Facing Many Sites– Channel Design – narrow, infrastructure– Public and Political Support – Funding
Site 7 Conditions
