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Appendix B: Status of Key Non-CERP Projects
Appendix B: Status of Key Non-CERP Projects
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The more ambitious issimmee K River Restoration Project focuses on the lower portion of the river's watershed, by replacing the designed channel with a more natural geomorphology, backfilling 22 miles of the C-38 Canal, re-carving 10 miles of the historical river channel, reestablishing approximately 40 miles of meandering river channel, removing control structures S-65B and S-65C, and redefining the operations of S-65 that controls flows through the Kissimmee River (Figure B-1)
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206 Appendix B FIGURE B-1 Kissimmee River Restoration Project area on the lower Kissimmee River. SOURCE: Jones et al.
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TABLE B-1 Restoration Progress on the Kissimmee River Restoration Project SOURCE: http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xrepository/sfwmd_repository_pdf/krr_krrep_factstour_ sheet.pdf; dated August 2010. 207 Table B-1 R02233 (Everglades 4)
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In the restored case, the flood plain periodically receives water from the channel, and its marsh vegetation community now reflects pre-drainage conditions. SOURCE: Jackson (2011)
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Start Date: Authorized in 1994, Everglades Forever Act Current Estimated Completion Date: Not available Original Estimated Cost for Land, Design, and Construction: $825M Current Estimated Cost for Land, Design, and Construction: $897M
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Distribution of flows has improved downstream of the Taylor Slough bridge replacement and C-111 Spoil Mounds Removal areas. IFP Start Date: 1994 Current Estimated Completion Date: 2017 Original Estimated Cost: $121M (1994)
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Lucie River and Caloosahatchee River Watershed Protection Plans were submitted in January 2009. Although Northern Everglades projects have been conceptually identified in these plans, specific projects and activities will be included in the annual work plan for each fiscal year.
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) and through interagency collaborations such as the Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area, Lake Okeechobee Interagency Aquatic Plant Management Team, and South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.
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IFP Start Date: 1999 IFP Completion Date: 2003 2011 IFP Cost: $3.7M ($3.7M appropriated through FY 2010) Tamiami Trail Culverts Status: Original plans included Phase 1 placement of 77 culverts along the Tamiami Trail (62 culverts west of State Road (SR)
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Observed Benefits: Installation of Phase 1 culverts under the Tamiami Trail established more natural hydropatterns north and south of the highway, which is expected to enhance biological restoration in the area. IFP Start Date: 1998 Current Estimated Completion Date: TBD 2011 IFP Estimated Cost: $25.6M (for the original plan)
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Projected Benefits: Should improve the quality of agricultural water runoff within the reservation, restore storage capacity, and return native vegetation. IFP Start Date: 1997 Current Estimated Completion Date: 2014 for all basins (Basin 1 is complete.)
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Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Status: Construction of an above-ground reservoir, stormwater treatment area, pump station, and gated water-level control structure was completed in 2006. Since that time, interim operations, testing, and monitoring have been under way by the SFWMD and the USACE in accordance with the water quality permit and Project Cooperation Agreement.
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Expectations include improving water quality, reestablishing native vegetation, and improving subsequent flows to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Lake monitoring by the local university has identified significant improvement in the quality of the lake from Phase I and Phase II dredging.
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