SRP Project

Deer Creek Restoration or Culvert Replacement

Organization	Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8) Lead Entity
Sponsor	Town of Woodway
Status	Planned
Schedule

DESCRIPTION

Description

Enhance the connectivity of Deer Creek and the associated estuarine wetland with the nearshore by replacing the two concrete culverts with an oversized culvert or a trestle bridge. Include in the project an assessment of the tidal lagoon just north of the creek mouth and whether the lagoon connection or lagoon itself can be enhanced.

Opportunities, Constraints, and other Considerations

Site hosts several small tidal lagoons upstream of tracks that could be improved. Significant amount of forested area in basin. Deer creek is too steep for fish passage.

FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT

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Grant Project Agreement Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grant Project Agreement Totals

OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount

Other Funding Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Other Funding Totals

Grand Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grand Totals

PRIMARY SPONSOR

Town of Woodway

LANDOWNER

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad

LOCATION

Chinook-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Puget Sound, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):	Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
City Areas:	Woodway
Coho-Pop (ESU):	Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:	Snohomish
HUC12:	Shell Creek-Frontal Puget Sound (171100190203)
HUC8:	Puget Sound (17110019)
Lead Entity Area:	Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8)
Legislative District:	32
Pink-Pop (ESU):	Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:	South Central Puget Sound
Salmon Recovery Regions:	Puget Sound
Sections:	35
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Puget Sound, North Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish, Threatened
Township:	T27NR03E
Watershed Administrative Unit:	Possession Sound-N Elliot Bay
WRIA:	Cedar - Sammamish

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NOTES

This option was considered by Sound Transit for its mitigation plan, but it was rejected for cost and logistical reasons. Site hosts several small tidal lagoons upstream of tracks that could be improved. Significant amount of forested area in basin. Deer creek is too steep for fish passage. Some individuals expressed concern over installing a trestle on this site, which may actually eliminate the lagoon upstream of tracks. Several participants felt that this was probably not the best site for a trestle. Concern was also expressed about water quaility from road runoff at the site being a threat to juvenile fish.