Jeff Miller’s Alameda Creek update
BART Weir Fish Ladder Progress
The Alameda County Water District and the Alameda County Flood Control District gave an update to the Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup on March 12 on the fish ladder project at the BART weir and middle rubber dam, and the lower rubber dam decommissioning in lower Alameda Creek.
The agencies introduced the stellar design and consulting team working on the fish ladder design, provided a schedule and cost estimates, and discussed funding sources, the environmental review process, and design criteria. The agencies evaluated the design concepts and the challenges of fish ladder design to accommodate the operations of the middle rubber dam and fish migration under the widest and most relevant range of flows for fish to bypass the BART weir. The construction of a modified vertical slot fish ladder at this site is still targeted for 2010.
Powerpoints of these presentations are posted on the CEMAR Alameda Creek web site at Link
Here is the ambitious schedule:
Preliminary Design - August 2009
Complete CEQA Environmental Review - June 2009
Complete Federal Biological Assessment - July 2009
Permit Applications - September 2009
Complete Final Design - January 2010
Construction - Summer/Fall 2010
