State Finalist (2005) | ACEC-WI
Project is staff experiences while working with Jewell & Associates.
STH 23 (Windsor Street) Reconstruction - Spring Green, WI. While working for another firm our President, Ray Polkinghorn, was Project Manager and engineer for the $5.3 million, one-mile, 2-lane urban street reconstruction. This project developed partnerships with the WisDOT, Village of Spring Green and the Spring Green Golf Club and obtained project funding from each. The railroad crossing, sanitary sewer, watermain, and storm sewer were reconstructed and retention/infiltration basins were built to manage stormwater runoff. The dredging from the basins was used to extend adjacent golf course fairways, and the basins were fitted with an aeration system and natural habitat to fit the site. A WisDOT Enhancements Grant of $304,000 was successfully secured for wayfinding signs, trees, plantings, welcome signs and pond aeration system.
One of the more significant challenges of the project was storm water and new infrastructure needed. STH 23 would frequently flood during rain events because the roadway topography is lowest at the center of the Village, storm sewer was undersized, and storm sewer had collected sediment over the years. The storm sewer was cleaned and televised to increase capacity and determine the infrastructure condition. Because the Wisconsin River is close to the Village, the DNR required that stormwater management be incorporated in the project. A Storm Sewer and Stormwater Management Feasibility Study was conducted to analyze cost effective alternatives. The solution was to replace the existing system with a much larger pipe with slight gradient, route the system down Hoxie Street, and discharge to forebay and infiltration/retention ponds adjacent to the Spring Green Golf Club. The Golf Club had 9 holes at the time and had wanted to expand to 18 holes for some time. The dredging from the ponds was used to grade new fairways and the Golf Club agreed to maintain the ponds. |
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