Storm flows from Jewell Brook in Ludlow are controlled by flood control dams (numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5) located in a rural, hilly, largely forested area. Previous evaluations of this system indicated that Site 1 had the potential for overtopping and the spillway design hydrograph would exceed allowable stresses at three of the system’s…
VT 116/VT 17—with segments known locally as Main Street, East Street, and Stony Hill Road—serves Bristol Village, connecting shops, restaurants, institutions, public places, and homes. Flanked by diagonal parking spaces, sidewalks, and green spaces, VT 116 is the site of much of the village’s identity and carries a high volume of bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicle…
Curtis Pond, the dam, and its site serve as a beloved cultural hub and source of identity to Calais and the Maple Corner community. The dam underwent excessive seepage, movement of the stone wall, and piping of the earth/sand backfill through voids in the wall. The project had long-term enthusiastic partners, including the Curtis Pond…
Located along US 2 with limited bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, Middlesex Village was interested in enhancing safety and ease of use for cyclists and pedestrians. D&K worked closely with the town to explore how the community’s limited downtown streetscape and community center could be reimagined to create a vital, walkable, bikeable village center for everyone….
Currently, the Greenway Trail “loop” requires two uncontrolled crossings of VT 108, traveling along the edges of roads, and traversing unofficial trails on private property. D&K developed a scoping study to extend the Greenway Trail to create a loop for pedestrians and cyclists through the Village of Jeffersonville to provide safer access to key destinations….
The Town of Fayston acquired a 93-acre hillside parcel, which was home to early successional habitat types and used by residents and visitors for passive recreation. By mapping the natural communities, water resources, and rare species on the parcel, D&K developed a framework to manage and conserve the Boyce Hill Town Forest.
In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, the Town of Rochester participated in a federal and state-funded purchase of two adjacent flood-damaged properties to develop a new park with access to the White River. The properties are partially within the floodway and the floodplain of the White River, requiring design in conformance with Town Flood…
VT 108, a seasonally maintained state highway between Stowe and Cambridge, crosses the spine of the Green Mountains through Smugglers’ Notch, a steep, narrow pass flanked with large boulders creating pinch points. Periodically, drivers of prohibited over-length vehicles (>45′ with a trailer and >40′ without a trailer) attempt the notch, but pinch points physically prevent…
The Norwich Reservoir Dam was a run-of-the-river, cyclopean concrete gravity dam located on the Charles Brown Brook. The dam impounded a reservoir which became silted in, and the dam served no useful function. The dam caused significant negative impacts to the brook and to downstream reaches. The dam blocked fish passage and caused downstream sediment…