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Upper Bijou Park Creek Restoration Project

Project Number
01.01.01.0184
Action Priority
Reduce Stormwater Pollution From: Roads and Highways, Forest Roads, Public and Private Parcels
Implementers
City of South Lake Tahoe
Supporting Agencies
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, California State Water Resources Control Board, California Tahoe Conservancy, City of South Lake Tahoe, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
Brianna Greenlaw (bgreenlaw@cityofslt.us)

Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2016 - 2030
Total Project Cost
$6,700,000
Funding Request
$3,400,000
Stormwater Management Program Reduce Stormwater Pollution From: Roads and Highways, Forest Roads, Public and Private Parcels
The Upper Bijou Park Creek Restoration Project is a watershed-scale project seeking to address water quality & flooding issues in a phased approach to provide treatment for urban runoff in an approximately 850-acre watershed that discharges to Lake Tahoe via Ski Run Marina. The City completed Phase 1 in 2018 with the Knights Inn redevelopment, replacing the failing storm drain with new treatment basins and conveyance system. The City is currently finishing Phase 2 of the project (design), focused on the large upper watershed that includes 8 separate projects. Phase 3 (construction) begins with one of the projects, Rockwood to Blackwood, in May 2025. The other projects are currently unfunded.

Targeted Performance Measures

  • Acres of Environmentally Sensitive Land Acquired
  • Acres of SEZ Restored or Enhanced
  • Impervious Coverage Retired
  • Linear Feet of Stream Channel Restored or Enhanced
  • Miles of Roads Decommissioned or Retrofitted

Threshold Categories

  • Soil Conservation
  • Water Quality
2/7/2017 Flooding on Shirley Ave (3593 Shirley) (Timing: Before) (~2,948 KB) Credit: Jason Burke 2/7/2017 Flooding on Shirley Ave (3593 Shirley)

Location

Targeted Funding

Secured Funding: American Recovery and Reinves... (ARRA), $482,655

Secured Funding: City of South Lake Tahoe Gene... (CSLT), $215,343

Secured Funding: Lake Tahoe Restoratio... (USFS - LTBMU), $1,750,000

Secured Funding: Proposition 1 (SWRCB), $438,884

Secured Funding: Proposition 1 (CTC), $489,752

Targeted Funding: Lake Tahoe Restoratio... (USFS - LTBMU), $3,000,000

Targeted Funding: SEZ Mitigation Funds (TRPA), $189,374

Targeted Funding: WQ Mitigation Funds (TRPA), $210,626

Photos

Before
3/10/2016 -Flooding of Heavenly Valley Mobile Home Park (Timing: Before) (~1,880 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3/10/2016 -Flooding of Heavenly Valley Mobile Home Park
3/10/2016 - Flooding of 3747 Woodbine (Timing: Before) (~1,848 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3/10/2016 - Flooding of 3747 Woodbine
During
Project Map (Timing: During) (~2,777 KB) Credit: Eric Friedlander
Project Map
After
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition using CTC Prop. 1 funding (Timing: After) (~3,289 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition using CTC Prop. 1 funding
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition funded by CTC Prop. 1 (Timing: After) (~3,538 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition funded by CTC Prop. 1
Project Fact Sheet Data as of 11/16/2024