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Fred Creek Drainage Improvements—Fast Facts
- Start date: October 2007
Projected completion date: August 2008
Where it falls: from Evanston Avenue to a point near the south end of the LRC/GC
- Start date: May 2008
Projected completion date: 2009 (month not yet determined)
Where it falls: from south of the LRC/GC to where Fred Creek meets Lewis Avenue near the Mabee Center
- widening of the banks of Fred Creek
- alteration of the course of Fred Creek in some areas
- replacement of existing riprap with pre-cast blocks along embankments
- addition of terraced landscaping and new vegetation
- addition of a 10-foot-wide access road/running path along the north bank
- replacement of the Evanston Avenue box culvert bridge
- removal of the two existing pedestrian bridges leading from the GC and Christ's Chapel to the Mabee Center parking lot
- construction of a new pedestrian bridge to the Mabee Center lot, which will be wide enough for vehicular traffic, if necessary
- replacement of the traffic bridge leading from the Mabee Center parking lot toward the Avenue of Flags
