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…
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…
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…
To improve access to transit and housing, the One Taylor Street project included the design of a new four-story transit center. Sited on a highly constrained, urban brownfield site, the building supports public bus operations, a visitor’s center, traveler services, bike lockers, and apartments. D&K’s design included three bus parking bays, a 23-car parking area,…
Sweet Pond Dam is a 20-ft-high by 77-ft-long circa-1928 dam that impounds an 18-acre pond with a contributing drainage area of approximately 1 square mile. The dam sustained uncontrolled and excessive seepage through highly fractured and weathered bedrock and posed a barrier to AOP. D&K provided planning, evaluation, alternatives analysis, preliminary and final design, permitting…
Waitsfield has long served as a thriving cultural center of the Mad River Valley and includes the village districts of Irasville and Waitsfield Village. The immediate VT 100 corridor primarily comprises shops, gathering places, schools, neighborhoods, and some light industry, but is largely served by septic systems, many of which are in the floodplain and/or…
The Great Streets BTV planning document, coauthored by D&K, represented a holistic effort to make Burlington’s downtown core more appealing for users of all modes of transportation and to enhance the area’s ability to engage its natural and cultural assets. D&K’s approach to the project incorporated the first segments of roadway designed and constructed to the Great Streets standards….