I figure that many readers haven’t had a chance to poke around and check out all that construction that has closed the riverfront trail and eaten a giant hole in the riverfront east of Caesar’s…
Looks like work is progressing nicely. The project has to be completed by March 31, 2011. If it’s not, the contractor is on the hook for $10,000 per calendar day in damages…
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what’s this going to be?
Robbie, a giant underground tank to catch sewage overflows so they stop dumping out into the river.
Oh gawd, a sewer project. Andrew, would you kindly send me an e-mail warning me next time you post a sewer project? As a city councilman in my small Washington town, I’m up to my neck in a $7.5m (US) sewer buildout.
Sorry Doug… This is a biggie… $60-$70 million, most of it federal stimulus cash…
I’ll warn you next time 🙂
maybe it’s not to late for eddie to make a canal out of it.
Too bad Metro Detroit’s sewage still regularly overflows untreated into the river during heavy rainfalls. It seems almost pointless to spend $70 million since the population on this side of the river pales in comparison. It’s also a major inconvenience to everyone that uses the riverfront trail, especially cyclists who are now forced to cross Riverside Drive twice to get from one side of the project to the other.
Mike two wrongs don’t make a right and Peggy I hope a waterfront project can be constructed to help add the attraction of the casino. Francis Threepeat!
Since $18 million has to go towards shoreline improvement anyway why not make the marina and canal? Remember folks, the canal is ONLY the infrastructure part, NOT the buildings themselves.
Developers will build the buildings needed. This is in order to attract investors because even now the city has offered land for FREE and still no bids. Something is needed to attract them and this would be a great idea.
As for the basin, I say it is better than nothing and still better than allowing the run-off to spill inot the river, regardless of Detroit.
Peggy Eddie can turn it into a pond and rent canoes hehe!
Chad lets hope not
I think its great. Hopefully, our actions on this side will inspire Detroit to fix their sewer problems.
I agree with Adam. It’s tough to demand that Detroit clean up it’s act until we have done so. Toronto did this too and it has made a huge difference in what’s being dumped into Lake Ontario. I am proud to live in a city that has made this a priority.
Not only is it a storage tank to hold the overflow during storms, it will also treat the sewage before discharging it into the river. It has made a mess of the riverfront, but it is necessary, and cyclists are safe on riverside drive.
As for the canal – calling a ditch a canal doesn’t make it one. It isn’t going to connect to the river, and we already have an amazing water feature here in Windsor – the Detroit River. A downtown Marina sounds interesting, but would need some studies… do boaters want to come to Windsor?
Re: Detroit dumping in the river.
Detroit has a similar plan to build a large sewage retention basin to catch the overflow during heavy rains near Chene Park. Their plan is still in the planning/approval stages though.
I have to disagree with David. I have changed my route now that the drive is blocked, and I cut up Walker and then west. Cars give no quarter on the drive!
Mark, do you have any idea if it’s going to impact the old Globe(?)wearhouse there? I thik it’s right in the middle of the planned area.
Well I agree catching storm water is a priority, however I believe a cheaper and better solution would have been to avail the use abandoned industrial lands such as the ones between St. Luke and Walker and develop parks with retention ponds.
Mike K. The reason we have a problem is that Windsor has a lot of old combined sewers. When we have heavy rains, the sewage treatment cannot keep up and raw sewage ends up being dumped into the river. This is a containment basin that will be covered (you will not know that it is there) and the contents can be treated after the heavy rainfalls are done. We cannot put raw sewage into open air ponds in the middle of parks.
I really hate what has been done by dumping boulders on rivers edge… Wait until all the trees grow in and block the view from path… Its happening already…
i’m dismayed that they had to trash just about the whole park for this retention system
I wouldn’t really be so worried about the park gary. There was nothing but grass in that spot anyways…….it’ll grow back.