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Town of Perinton provides a link!
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: May 1, 2023, 9:10 am
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Well over a year ago, maybe two, there have been no
announcements or comments by the Town on the work of the Canal
Corp and their plan to deforest the embankment dams in the town.
I believe the last comments were made by Mr Hanna, who stated
that he thought there would be an alternative to the CC's
proposals which basically said, 'No trees on a dam'. We, the
ECNA, made much comment and opposition to his statement, and
shortly after all reference to this project seemed to disappear
from the Town's web page.
But now, a link to the NYPA (CC) has appeared-
HTML https://perinton.org/departments/public-works/building-and-codes-department/pr/<br
/> (scroll to the bottom of the page please)
Does this link mean the hierarchy have resigned themselves to
the EEIP project? Have they changed their minds, but don't want
to lose face?
I guess it doesn't matter, the main thing on display here is
that maybe they have come to their senses at last.
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Re: Town of Perinton provides a link to Canal Embankment Program
DIR By: Doug K
Date: May 2, 2023, 8:58 am
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Sorry Mike, it's "old news" as they say... we covered this back
in September of 2021.
The wording on this older Perinton website link shows it was for
the "draft" SEQR documentation, so it launched sometime before
the FINAL released version of the EEIP Document package in
November 2022, most likely right after Supervisor Hanna made his
EEIP statement.
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HTML https://ecna.createaforum.com/perinton-canal-embankment-discussion/perinton-town-government-releases-statement-suppirting-erie-canal-embankment-mai/
But you are correct, Supervisor Hanna relented on his original
idea that a "compromise" could be met regarding leaving "unsafe"
trees to grow on the outer slope of these Canal Embankments. He
published his statements in August 2021, after meeting with the
ECNA to discuss the safety aspects of Earthen Dam Maintenance &
Management.
And the new FINAL version of the EEIP Earthen Embankment
Guidebook states that even leaving ONE tree along an earthen
embankment is enough to make that earthen dam unsafe.
Read the Perinton Supervisor's EEIP Statement Here:
HTML https://perinton.org/news/supervisor-comments-eeip/
And read the FINAL released documents for the Earthen Embankment
Integrity Program Here:
HTML https://www.canals.ny.gov/Earthen_Embankment/FGEIS_Guidebook.html
In that Final EEIP Document package there is a letter of
completion from the NYS Canal Corporation. That document
explains exactly WHAT the EEIP program will do for NY State &
the Canal System:
The purpose of the EEIP is to implement a documented
comprehensive Canal System embankment inspection and maintenance
program to restore, maintain, and manage the integrity of
embankments within the Canal System.
Specifically, the scope includes all embankment material and
impairments, along with turf, vegetation, armoring or paving
that is parallel to the embankment slopes and surfaces from
outside the toe of the outboard slope of the canal or feeder to
the toe of the inboard embankment slope.
It includes water recording and management features used in
regulation of water levels in the canal and feeders, and
geotechnical instrumentation devices.
It also includes design and implementation of certain
alternative solutions to vegetation removal, as well as
amenities such as supplemental compatible vegetation.
And in that same released EEIP Package is the State Required
Environmental Review that shows exactly WHY this new EEIP
program has to be done, what was the reason to make a change to
Canal Operation at this particular moment:
[center]NEW YORK STATE CANAL CORPORATION
Earthen Embankment Integrity Program
SEQR Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement[/center]
[center]1-3 Key components of the NYS Canal System are earthen
embankments (embankments) that
impound water to form navigable waterways or feeders. Proper
maintenance of the
embankments is imperative to maintain integrity of the
structures: for mitigating risks of
embankment failures to health and safety of people that live,
work or recreate along the NYS
Canal System; for mitigating the risks of damage to property and
the environment; and for
maintaining the integrity and operability of the NYS Canal
System in a cost-effective manner.
Proper maintenance of the embankments will limit interruptions
of the usage of the NYS Canal
System by boaters and towpath users.
Parts of the embankments have become overgrown with trees,
brush, and other scrub
vegetation, are subject to animal burrowing, and are
experiencing erosion, seepage, or
settlement. Concrete and masonry surfaces that follow the
embankment lines and grades also
suffer from various types of deterioration. These conditions
could compromise the integrity of
the embankments and hinder safety inspections, and represent
significant public safety,
environmental and economic risks that must be mitigated.
To address this pressing need, the NYSCC will implement a
comprehensive, system-wide
embankment maintenance program (hereafter referred to as the
Earthen Embankment Integrity
Program, or EEIP) to restore, maintain and manage the integrity
of embankments within the NYS
Canal system, and has developed the NYSCC Embankment Inspection
& Maintenance Guide Book
(Guide Book) to carry out the program. The Guide Book provides a
system-wide approach to
embankment inspections, evaluations, prioritization, and
maintenance practices (referred to as
Maintenance Best Practices or MBPs), in consideration of
environmental impacts, and to provide
for public awareness and community outreach. The Guide Book is
attached as Appendix A. As
described in more detail below, NYSCC’s State Environmental
Quality Review Act (SEQR) action
is the adoption of the Guide Book and all future activities
performed in accordance with the
Guide Book along earthen embankments in the Canal
System.[/center]
LINK TO EEIP GUIDEBOOK:
HTML https://www.canals.ny.gov/Earthen_Embankment/FGEIS/NYSCC_EEIP_Final_GEIS_BlackText.pdf
It does not get any more clear than this... does it? Fixing the
Canal Embankments for PUBLIC SAFETY reasons... followed with a
period.
Tell me who in their right mind would say they do NOT WANT the
Canal System to be "safer & more sustainable"?
Who would argue with the NYS employees who are charged with
maintaining a safe, sustainable canal system?
Look to Social Media for that answer, because Mr. Hanna has
finally got the message loud & clear:
No Trees on Earthen Embankment Dams... no matter where those
dams are located in NY State.
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