Lower Silver Update 9, 5

Project update #9
Neighborhood Work
Lower Silver Creek Flood Protection Project
About the project
The Santa Clara Valley Water District
is making great progress on the Lower
Silver Creek Flood Protection Project.
Work on this significant flood protection
project will resume in early May at several
neighborhood locations from Interstate 680
to Story Road. Construction will continue
on the wider creek channel and new flood
walls.
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The construction of a wider creek channel
and new flood walls, has required new
longer bridges at both Capitol Expressway
and Jackson Avenue. Extensive long-term
lane closures were required as workers
constructed new bridges over Lower
Silver Creek - a single lane at a time.
The accelerated construction schedule at
Capitol Expressway has allowed all lanes
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The summer of 2012 will also mark the
beginning of a new construction phase
from Story Road to Moss Point Drive to
widen the creek channel, add flood walls
and lengthen the Story Road bridge to
accommodate high flows from winter rains.
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The current Lower Silver Creek Flood Protection Project construction area is shown
in lavender. The light blue areas show neighborhoods to be protected from a 1%
or 100-year flood event when the remaining portion of the project is completed
through the Lake Cunningham area.
El área actual del Proyecto de Protección contra Inundaciones de la Parte Baja de
Silver Creek se muestra en color violeta. Las áreas en color azul claro muestran las
comunidades que serán protegidas contra un evento con 1% de probabilidad o un
evento de inundación que ocurra cada 100 años cuando el resto del proyecto sea
terminado a través del área de Lake Cunningham.
Solicite una copia en español
Si desea recibir una copia en español de esta
actualización # 9 de la información, por favor
comuníquese con Yolanda Pérez llamando
al (408) 265-2607, ext. 2297 y solicite
que un ejemplar actualizado le sea enviado
por correo a su hogar. Si al llamar escucha una
grabación, por favor deje su nombre y dirección
en la máquina contestadora. Una versión traducida
de esta información actualizada también se
encuentra a sus órdenes en el sitio web del
proyecto en www.valleywater.org/services/
LowerSilverCreekReportsAndDocuments.aspx.
Construction work on the new bridge at Jackson
Avenue is on-schedule with a single lane closure
continuing through fall 2012.
The neighborhood will notice occasional traffic
controls at Lower Silver Creek and Story Road this
summer as trucks enter and leave the work area.
The bridge replacement for Story Road (which will
require a single lane closure) will occur in early
2014.
Our partners:
The Dobern pedestrian bridge (seen above in an older photo) will be raised to clear the new flood walls and the new maintenance access
road. A similar bridge in the Lyndale neighborhood will also be raised this season.
Pedestrian bridges
The 2012 construction season will see significant
work on flood walls and pedestrian bridges in
the Dobern and Lyndale neighborhoods. The steel
pedestrian bridges over Lower Silver Creek at both
neighborhoods will be raised to clear the new
flood walls.
The Lyndale Bridge replacement will begin in
spring 2012 and extend through fall of 2012.
The Dobern Bridge replacement will begin after
school is out of session for summer vacation in
June. The construction schedule for this bridge
replacement is accelerated to ensure completion
before school begins again in late August.
Caution
Please use caution around all areas of Lower Silver
Creek for the next two spring-through-summer
seasons. Simultaneous construction of flood walls,
creek excavation and new bridges will
result in heavy construction traffic.
Please keep children and pets away
CAUTION
from the construction areas.
New funding to
complete the project
The Santa Clara Valley Water District has been
awarded a $25 million state grant which will fund
the completion of this project through the Lake
Cunningham area. The Lake Cunningham phase of
this project will find a solution for taming flood waters
from several creeks which converge at the edges
of the park. The park location is a former swamp
area which flooded frequently in the past. The grant
is funded by the Disaster Preparedness and Flood
Protection Bond Act, passed by the voters as State
Proposition 1E in 2006.
The current project construction, in addition to the
future work at Lake Cunningham will protect homes,
schools and businesses from a 1% flood event * (also
known as a 100-year event) and will make the area
eligible for removal of the mandatory flood insurance
requirement currently imposed by FEMA.
* a 1% flood event is sometimes also called a 100-year event,
but is actually a storm event which has a one in 100 chance of
occurring in any given year.
Contáctenos
Contact us
Para obtener más información, póngase en contacto
con Ted Ibarra at (408) 265-2607, ext. 2067,
o visite nuestro sitio web en www.valleywater.org
para utilizar nuestro sistema de peticiones, Access
Valley Water. Con tres sencillos pasos, usted puede
utilizar este servicio para encontrar la información
más reciente sobre el proyecto o para enviar
preguntas, quejas o cumplidos directamente a un
miembro del personal del distrito.
For more information, contact Ted Ibarra at
(408) 265-2607, ext. 2067, or visit our website
at www.valleywater.org and use our Access
Valley Water customer request and information
system. With three easy steps, you can use this service
to find out the latest information on the project or to
submit questions, complaints or compliments directly
to a district staff person.
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