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SPRING SHOWERS
Increasing temperatures and precipitation bring more than just flowers. We also experience flooding this time of year – quick, heavy rainfall that causes runoff; water that travels over impervious surfaces, accumulating debris, sediment, and pollutants. It can either soak in to the ground or enter a body of water, adversely affecting water quality if left untreated.
Take a moment to think of all the water we use for drinking, swimming, fishing, industry, and other needs and activities. Protecting the quality of our water is a cornerstone of a healthy human and natural environment. That’s why the Mobility Authority places extraordinary importance on maintaining and improving water quality in the areas surrounding its highway system and across Central Texas.
Within each stage of a project – design, construction, and maintenance – the Mobility Authority incorporates best-in-class water quality protection measures to reduce stormwater runoff and erosion. This commitment to stormwater management is demonstrated through a variety of activities and projects, including the 45SW Toll Road and the 183A Phase III Project.
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45SW: An Industry-Leading Model
On the 45SW Toll Road, for example, the Mobility Authority implemented numerous Best Management Practices (BMPs) meant to protect the sensitive Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone and ensure water quality protection.
Part of the project design included the development of a Water Pollution Abatement Plan (WPAP) which details both temporary and permanent stormwater runoff control measures.
Temporary BMPs were then installed prior to construction. These included sediment control fencing, biodegradable erosion control logs, rock berms, sediment traps, inlet protection features, and stabilized construction access features, all helping to reduce the amount of pollutants from storm waters entering rivers, streams, and other adjoining waterways.
Permanent BMPs, which are designed to continue reducing sedimentation and pollution after the completion of the road, include water quality detention ponds, vegetative filter strips, vertical sand filters, diversion dikes, grassy swales, and permanent restricted zones near sensitive areas.
The roadway was also constructed using permeable friction course pavement, a porous roadway surface with filtration, glare reduction, and other benefits that have proven effective on the MoPac Improvemet Project from Cesar Chavez Street to Parmer Lane. And the use of pesticides and herbicides was also prohibited during construction of 45SW and continues to be prohibited for maintenance of the roadway.
Today, the 45SW Toll Road is an industry-leading model for environmentally responsible roadway construction.
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183A Phase III: Dedicated Daily Monitoring
To combat stormwater pollution, construction projects require permitting from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Projects under construction like 183A Phase III require Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans which are developed and tailored to the specific project, location, and potential sources of stormwater runoff.
Like that of 45SW, the 183A Phase III Project is utilizing several BMPs, including Sediment Control Fence (Silt Fence), a variety of different rock filter dams, sediment traps, sediment basins, and the utilization of rock bedding at construction exits.
Due to the project’s proximity to the San Gabriel River, additional measures have been implemented specific to the protection of the river. Two different types of rock filter dams are used on both the north and south shores of the San Gabriel River. A rock filter dam is a pile comprised of approximately 3”-5” rock typically caged inside a wire mesh fabric and placed in the flowline of a ditch. These dams trap sediment and filter runoff water, effectively cleaning the water before it enters the river. These dams are monitored, cleaned, and maintained throughout project construction.
And these controls, as well as construction activity practices, are inspected and monitored daily. Three different field personnel, representatives of the compliance, engineering, and construction contractors employed on the project, are responsible for these inspections with a Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Inspection and Maintenance Report being completed every seven days.
The 183A Phase III Project also includes permanent BMPs, such as water quality ponds, water detention ponds, buffer zones, seeding, paved flumes, curb and gutter design, as well as velocity control devices. These control measures will help protect and preserve water quality and the San Gabriel River adjacent to a newly constructed 183A Toll corridor.
You can read more about the Mobility Authority’s stormwater management on our Green Initiatives webpage.
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