Oct. 13, 2005
Neighbors,
We thought you would want an update on how the Winchester development
has responded to the recent flooding of Burke Spring Branch, from
the culvert under Hutchison Street to Brooks Square development.
Last weekend's torrential rains in a short period of time overcame
the erosion and silt controls put in place at this early stage of
the Winchester development. As a result, Burke Spring Branch
silted up from our street to Kirby Road (3 inches of silt in some
places). On Monday the Winchester project manager, Joe Houk,
assigned ten crews and trucks to begin manually cleaning out the
stream. You perhaps saw the trucks parked on the Hutchison
circle as well as Kirby Road this week and the many men hauling
dirt out in buckets and spreading ground cover along the stream
banks. That process continued through today when high
pressure and vacuum equipment was brought in to pressure clean
the culvert under Hutchison. The silt was vacuumed into a
storage truck and removed.
Jack and our HOA president Judy were able to speak a number of times
at length with county and Winchester representatives yesterday.
Jack met with Joe Houk again today. We have learned that the
check dams will be renovated and they expect these efforts to contain
all seasonally normal water flow from the development area throughout
construction. A permanent water management pond is being constructed
and will be the permanent answer to strong rains each year. Judy asked
that a temporary fence be placed around the water management area
during construction since it could become an attractive nuisance
to young children.
At the completion of all construction, the water management area
is designed to handle effectively up to 100-year events, collecting
silt and allowing typical ground drainage.
Thanks to Joe Houk and county representatives for their speedy response
and concern.
Please feel free to pass this email to anyone in the McLean Greens
community who is not on this email list.
Marie Djouadi and Jack Dent
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