Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Day 1
We had pretty much given up on their ever showing up to work on the Streambank Restoration by our log cabin. We figured with everything going on, our brook was not going be a priority. And we were no longer looking forward to it after we saw how long Patton Park has been a big muddy mess.
And then we saw that there was spray paint all over the ground.
I drove over to check every day, but nothing happened. (We don’t live at the cabin now. We built a new house walking distance away.)
So, of course the day I don’t go check they got to work. They were just waiting for me to stop watching.
They had set up two big pumps to dry up the creek.
They were really loud!
They diverted the water way down those two hoses past where they were working.
Do you see how big those hoses are?
They had set up a transit to locate exactly where the plans said to relocate everything to.
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This is the map of what they plan.
There was still an enormous pile of broken off bamboo, but it was gone before they went home the first day.
They had taken down all the bamboo. In one day. Gone.
And they had removed all the broken parts of the retaining wall out of the streambed.
They took load after load of bamboo, roots, wall and debris away.
They had to cut apart the rebar from sections of the old wall to get it into the truck. See the sparks where the blade is biting into the steel?
Cane: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration >
Broken Retaining Wall: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration >
There was a big pile of rock.
The plan calls for two areas of riffle. A riffle is “a rocky or shallow part of a stream or river with rough water.” It is supposed to slow the flow of the brook and help keep the water clear.
They widened the streambed a lot and made the sides slope very gradually.
Then they put in the rock.
They scooped up the large rocks.
And then dropped them in the brook.
He was really careful. He could move around one rock at a time with that thing. Then he mashed the rocks in and made it kinda flat.
This is what the riffle looks like after he got it pushed down.
They smoothed the banks and built it up where it had eroded away from being dammed by the knocked down retaining wall. Then they covered it with coir fabric. The specifications say; “740 square yards of erosion control matting.”
Erosion control matting is a stabilization fabric… designed to support plant growth and reinforce soil in many erosion control project sites. …these mats are able to support banks until vegetation is able to take root.
They had spray painted these on the ground. I still don’t know why.
They turned off the pumps and let the water flow again before they left for the day.
Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration
Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Plan
Comet Drive Streambank Restoration Plan
The Out of Control Bamboo or Cane
The Broken Retaining Wall
Pond & Streambank Restoration at Patton Park
Day 1 Restoring the Streambank at the Log Cabin
Day 2 Restoring the Streambank at the Log Cabin
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