Peel Region Channel Remediation Strategy:

Turning them back into Streams

Etobicoke-Mimico Coalition Dec 5, 2013

Spring Creek Subwatershed – Pilot Project

Project Activities to Date• Flood Risk Modelling

– candidate sites• Categories of Interest• Metrics, Analyses,

Ranking • Matrix - Weighted• Priority Sites and

Reaches for Spring Creek

Categories of Interest• ygfggthtt

Categories of Interest Urban Non-Urban

Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity: Contributing to TNHSS objectives, biodiversity goals, and consistency with principles used to develop stream crossing guidelines.

5 17

Forest Health: Achieving a suite of natural infrastructure objectives, including urban forest targets and human well being.

5 17

Instream Ecology: Increasing the benefits to the fish community.

5 17

Restoration Opportunity Planning: Identifying multiple benefits and feasibilty of implementation

5 17

Flexibilty of Design: Considering the site conditions that allow for natural channel design to have least impacts related to water level changes

20 5

Infrastructure Risk: Examining areas that are in need of repair; and relative location to critical infrastructure

20 5

Public Use: Increasing the value and safety of the stream to the local community

20 5

Coordination with Municipal Capital Works: Increasing potential to fund projects and minimizing neighbourhood disruption.

20 17

Total 100 100

Weight

• Metrics• Ranking 1-5

Next Steps• Technical Steering Committee Endorsement

– Meeting December 10, 2013

• Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment – Spring 2014– Reach B– Detailed Design Guidance– Informing opportunities between sites

• First Project in Spring Creek– TRCA will likely lead in 2014

• Challenges Facing Many Sites– Channel Design – narrow, infrastructure– Public and Political Support – Funding

Thank You!Christine Tu, Senior Aquatic Ecologist, Research & Development

ctu@trca.on.ca

Site 7 Conditions