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Schneider and Shoemaker Creek Naturalization Environmental Assessment

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This project is now complete. The public comment period ended May 27, 2024. Copies of the Environmental Study Report and the Appendices are available on this page. If you have any questions, please contact the project team at
SchneiderCreekEA@kitchener.ca or call Sanitary and Stormwater Utilities at 519-741-2345 (TTY: 1-866-969-9994).

The Schneider and Shoemaker creeks are currently lined with concrete where the rivers meet. During heavy rains, creeks spill over and flood areas around it, which creates a risk to public safety.

We will complete an Environmental Assessment (EA) to plan a workable design solution for this issue.

As part of the EA, we will consider environmental risks and find ways to avoid or reduce impacts. Widening and naturalizing the creek will provide greater public safety. It will also create region-wide environmental benefits.

This includes improving water quality in Schneider Creek and the Grand River downstream. The creek would also have better habitat for fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. The EA and any potential improvement works are a result of a culmination of previous studies in the area.

If you have any questions or comments about this project, please contact the project team.

Disaster Mitigation Adaptation Fund

This initiative is funded in part by the Government of Canada. For more information about this partnership between the City of Kitchener and the Government of Canada through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, visit kitchener.ca/Stormwater

The Schneider and Shoemaker creeks are currently lined with concrete where the rivers meet. During heavy rains, creeks spill over and flood areas around it, which creates a risk to public safety.

We will complete an Environmental Assessment (EA) to plan a workable design solution for this issue.

As part of the EA, we will consider environmental risks and find ways to avoid or reduce impacts. Widening and naturalizing the creek will provide greater public safety. It will also create region-wide environmental benefits.

This includes improving water quality in Schneider Creek and the Grand River downstream. The creek would also have better habitat for fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. The EA and any potential improvement works are a result of a culmination of previous studies in the area.

If you have any questions or comments about this project, please contact the project team.

Disaster Mitigation Adaptation Fund

This initiative is funded in part by the Government of Canada. For more information about this partnership between the City of Kitchener and the Government of Canada through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, visit kitchener.ca/Stormwater


This project is now complete. The public comment period ended May 27, 2024. Copies of the Environmental Study Report and the Appendices are available on this page. If you have any questions, please contact the project team at
SchneiderCreekEA@kitchener.ca or call Sanitary and Stormwater Utilities at 519-741-2345 (TTY: 1-866-969-9994).

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    Schneider and Shoemaker Creeks are currently lined with concrete where they meet, and the floodplain at this location has expanded past the creek boundaries. This affects adjacent properties and presents a potential risk to public safety.

    The City of Kitchener is planning to commence a Class Environmental Assessment (EA), to fully review the environmental risks of this area, and present design options to mitigate those risks. Expanding and naturalizing the creek boundaries to accommodate the flows would provide greater protection, and environmental benefits such as flood mitigation and natural habitat. In addition, this project will look at options for the replacement of the concrete channel with a wider natural channel, which would improve the floodplain by reducing its limits, thereby minimizing potential damage as a result of flooding from larger storm events.

    Stantec Consulting Ltd. will be acting as the City of Kitchener’s engineering consultant for the project.


    Planning Process

    Reducing the environmental effects of our projects and operations is important to us. The planning of this project will follow a Schedule “C” Municipal Class EA, established in accordance with the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act and is a result of previous studies in the area.

    This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund.


    We’d like to hear from you

    Your input is important to us. We invite you to join our upcoming Public Information Centre to learn more about the project, ask our team questions, and provide feedback. Listening to, and learning from, Indigenous Nations and organizations, residents, businesses, government agencies, and interest groups is part of the process.

    Please join us at an upcoming public information centre:

    April 13, 2023

    6:00pm – 8:00pm.

    Rockway Golf Course (625 Rockway Drive, Kitchener, ON, N2G 3B5)


    Contacts

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    Contact us if you would like to learn more about the project, provide comments, or have any accessibility requests:


    Chris Nechacov, C.E.T.

    Design & Construction Project Manager

    City of Kitchener

    Tel: 519-741-2200

    Email: schneidercreekea@kitchener.ca


    Steve Brown, MBA, P.Eng

    Project Manager

    Stantec Consulting Ltd.

    Tel: 519-585-7446

    Email: schneidercreekea@stantec.com