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Why isn't Perinton doing more to insure it's residents are safe
from aging Canal Embankments?
DIR By: Doug K
Date: March 16, 2019, 12:15 pm
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As many know.. the ECNA has and always will promote safety, that
is the reason why the Erie Canal Embankments are being repaired,
for Safety's Sake!
The question some residents of Monroe County should be asking is
this: Why are some Monroe County Town & Village OFFICIALS not
concerned about Erie Canal Embankment safety in MY community in
light of the NY Canal Corporation's new programs & projects that
are addressing this very topic.
Unsafe Embankment Dams.. that is what FEMA, and NY DEC, and the
Army Corp of Engineer's say is the problem with the Erie Canal
these days. The National Dam Safety Program Act of 2006 also
agrees that Dam Safety is a big enough issue to make it a
nationwide program to repair these aging & unsafe flood control
structures.
And all Dam Engineering science agrees that Earthen Embankment
Dams are the worst of all dam types for safety issue compliance.
Still towns like Perinton continue to push against the notion
that the Erie Canal is unsafe & a problem even exists... we may
have figured out why folks.
Here's a map of the Town of Perinton. It shows that the Erie
Canal flows North & South & East through town of 46000+
residents.
Using measuring tools on Google Maps, it ALSO showns there is
almost 8 1/2 miles of Erie Canal inside the town boundary,
that's quite a bit compared to other Erie Canal towns folks. And
there are Raised Earthen Embankment Dams on BOTH sides of the
Erie Canal within the Town of Perinton, making the risk factors
that much greater for the potential of an Embankment Breach
Flood Event.
Could this be why Perinton Town Leaders are sticking their "head
in the sandy soil" Perinton was built on regarding Erie Canal
safety?
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Here's a close-up Satellite View of the canalway in Perinton, we
have marked Embankment Dams we know of, and plan to measure and
count more of the Perinton Dams in the next few weeks. It would
appear that many if not ALL Perinton Residents are at some risk
of flood if any one of these Embankments were to breach for
whatever reason, large tree blowdown, water piping or seepage,
rodent burrow flood...all shown to be major issues with poorly
maintained or inspected embankments.
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We will update the "Dam Registry List" for Perinton once we get
a chance to walk the whole Embankment and update our Dam
information below, looks like maybe 10 total Embankment Dams
within the Town of Perinton Borders, more work is needed to
confirm.. And that is only counting the Erie Canal Trailway side
of the Canal, maybe a few more like Kreag Rd or East Church
Street / Turk Hill area.
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Re: Why isn't Perinton doing more to insure it's residents are
safe from aging Canal Embankments?
DIR By: Erie Canaller
Date: April 2, 2019, 11:02 am
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Was this emergency work done in the same stretch of embankments?
Seems like a sure sign something is wrong in this general area
to anyone looking at all these canal repairs going on.
Why wouldn't the town want to get the canal fixed? That just
doesn't make sense.
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