Removal of Canasawacta dam imminent
NORWICH – Residents of Plymouth Street and Willard Court have been anxiously awaiting the removal of the Canasawacta Creek dam for nearly a year, but city officials are saying they won’t have to wait much longer.
After suffering severe flooding in April of 2005 and June of 2006, residents living near the Canasawacta Creek dam have been eager to see the removal of the structure, originally installed to allow for a swimming area for children. With the addition of the Kurt Beyer Pool, the dam has outlived its usefulness, and some city aldermen are concerned it may pose a safety issue because of the number of children playing on or around it every summer.
Despite the fact that engineers have said the dam had no impact on the June or April floods, residents in the area are convinced that removing the dam would help to maintain the safety of the area.
“When can I tell my concerned neighbors of Plymouth Street, South Plymouth Street, Pleasant Street and Willard Court that the work will begin?” Plymouth Street resident Larry Davey asked in a recent e-mail sent to The Evening Sun, Mayor Joseph Maiurano and a representative from Sterns and Wheeler, the engineering consulting firm with whom the city has been working. “Our neighborhood has many elderly, and some disabled people that are on fixed incomes and they will find it hard to move rapidly from the area in another emergency flood situation,” Davey said. He added that he hoped the city’s sidewalk replacement program would not delay the removal of the dam.
Maiurano told The Evening Sun that Department of Public Works Superintendent Carl Ivarson has been monitoring the flow of the creek on a daily basis. He assured the DPW is capable of working on several projects at the same time, listing many that are scheduled for this summer. “In the summer we hire college help,” Maiurano explained. “This year we’ve hired 16, and we also have help from the guys at Camp Georgetown.”
The City of Norwich received all of the necessary permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation and has been working with Sterns and Wheeler to come up with a plan of action. Sandbags will be used to stop the flow of water and the dam will be removed one side at a time.
Maiurano could not give a specific start date for the project, but said “it looks like we’re probably ready to go.” Once the dam removal begins, the mayor estimates that it will only take three to four days to complete. In addition to the removal of the dam, the creek will be graded to a 2 percent grade.
After suffering severe flooding in April of 2005 and June of 2006, residents living near the Canasawacta Creek dam have been eager to see the removal of the structure, originally installed to allow for a swimming area for children. With the addition of the Kurt Beyer Pool, the dam has outlived its usefulness, and some city aldermen are concerned it may pose a safety issue because of the number of children playing on or around it every summer.
Despite the fact that engineers have said the dam had no impact on the June or April floods, residents in the area are convinced that removing the dam would help to maintain the safety of the area.
“When can I tell my concerned neighbors of Plymouth Street, South Plymouth Street, Pleasant Street and Willard Court that the work will begin?” Plymouth Street resident Larry Davey asked in a recent e-mail sent to The Evening Sun, Mayor Joseph Maiurano and a representative from Sterns and Wheeler, the engineering consulting firm with whom the city has been working. “Our neighborhood has many elderly, and some disabled people that are on fixed incomes and they will find it hard to move rapidly from the area in another emergency flood situation,” Davey said. He added that he hoped the city’s sidewalk replacement program would not delay the removal of the dam.
Maiurano told The Evening Sun that Department of Public Works Superintendent Carl Ivarson has been monitoring the flow of the creek on a daily basis. He assured the DPW is capable of working on several projects at the same time, listing many that are scheduled for this summer. “In the summer we hire college help,” Maiurano explained. “This year we’ve hired 16, and we also have help from the guys at Camp Georgetown.”
The City of Norwich received all of the necessary permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation and has been working with Sterns and Wheeler to come up with a plan of action. Sandbags will be used to stop the flow of water and the dam will be removed one side at a time.
Maiurano could not give a specific start date for the project, but said “it looks like we’re probably ready to go.” Once the dam removal begins, the mayor estimates that it will only take three to four days to complete. In addition to the removal of the dam, the creek will be graded to a 2 percent grade.
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