Will the swale be able to handle heavy rainfall in the same capacity that the existing asphalt channel did?
During large storm events, when the soil is saturated and the stormwater cannot infiltrate fast enough to keep up with the rate of precipitation, water will pond up and spill over into structures in the swale that are directly connected to the subsurface pipe. The subsurface pipe is sized to carry the 100-year storm but, in most sections of the pipe, can also carry the 500-year storm.

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1. What does CHBRP Mean?
2. Why build the CHBRP?
3. Why couldn't the Stormwater Utility just seal the cracks in the channel? Wouldn't that have been enough to keep the weeds from growing?
4. Who financed the CHBRP?
5. What were the project limits?
6. What was the projected timeline for construction?
7. People drive way too fast on Country Homes Boulevard. Will the project make it worse?
8. What regulatory permitting processes affected construction of the CHBRP?
9. How does the new bio-infiltration swale and subsurface pipe system work?
10. Will the swale be able to handle heavy rainfall in the same capacity that the existing asphalt channel did?
11. Will standing water in the bio-infiltration swale attract mosquitoes?
12. How will the bio-infiltration swale handle snow?
13. How will the project affect irrigation?
14. Who will be responsible for post-construction landscape maintenance?
15. Weeds were a huge nuisance in the channel. How will the CHBRP fix this problem?
16. As the native grasses and trees grow, will visibility at the intersections / crossings along Country Homes Boulevard be impaired?
17. Will there be permanent signage placed at the site?
18. Since there will not be signs, how will the public be made aware of the CHBRP?
19. Will wildlife be enticed to nest or live in the bio-infiltration swale?