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1. Everbreeze Neighborhood Phosphorus Control Project

Stormwater improvements on Everbreeze Drive are a key part of the Town’s Phosphorus Control Plan, aimed at reducing pollution entering Lake Champlain. This initiative will capture and treat stormwater runoff in underground tanks before it flows into a tributary of Smith Creek. The treatment process involves slowing the water within the tanks, allowing pollutants to settle. Additionally, the project will mitigate streambank erosion by reducing high flows during storm events.

2. Midnight Pass Neighborhood Phosphorus Control Project

As part of the Town’s Phosphorus Control Plan to reduce pollution in Lake Champlain, stormwater improvements on Midnight Pass will help address runoff. Underground tanks will collect and treat stormwater before it enters a tributary of Smith Creek. Water will be slowed within the tanks, allowing pollutants to settle. This project will also help prevent streambank erosion by reducing high flow volumes during heavy storms.

3. Airport Park Phosphorus Control Project

Stormwater improvements at Airport Park are part of the Town’s ongoing Phosphorus Control Plan to reduce pollution in Lake Champlain. This project would create new stormwater detention facilities designed to collect runoff and allow it to naturally soak into the ground. By preventing large storm events from quickly washing pollution from impervious surfaces like parking lots into the lake, it will help preserve water quality.

4. Middle Road Culvert Replacement

A culvert beneath Middle Road, which channels water across the road, has struggled to manage water flow and has caused flooding in the past. This project aims to eliminate these issues by replacing the old culvert with a larger concrete structure that can handle increased water volumes, thus preventing flooding and erosion along the roadway.

5. Colchester Pond Municipal Roads General Permit

As part of the Town’s Phosphorus Control Plan, an erosion control project is planned to be implemented along Colchester Pond Road near the dam. The improvements would reduce runoff erosion from the unpaved roadway by installing new rock-lined ditches, enhancing existing ditches, and upgrading an undersized stormwater pipe.

6. Canyon Estates Municipal Roads General Permit Improvements

As part of the Town’s Phosphorus Control Plan, an erosion control project in the Canyon Estates Neighborhood is in the initial planning stages. This project’s goal is to reduce pollution entering Lake Champlain by addressing erosion and scouring in a drainage gully. The drainage would be lined with large rocks, slowing water flow, and preventing the loss of sediments.