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Journal file photo City of Shelton Community and Economic Development Director Steve Goins said the city may soon begin a project to divert Canyon Creek. City plans Canyon Creek project By NATALIE JOHNSON After years of flooding from Canyon Creek, the City of Shelton is planning a project to divert the creek and solve the problem. Canyon Creek is above ground near Northcliffe Road, but flows underneath the road in a culvert, said Steve Goins, community and economic development director for the City of Shelton. In times of heavy rainfall and flood- ing, the culvert is not enough to han- dle the extra water, and houses along North First Street and San Joaquin Ave. flood. "The neighbors are concerned about that creek getting flooded over and over," Goins said. The city has been planning a project to fix the flooding from Canyon Creek for years, but estimates for an earlier plan were in the neighborhood of $4.5 million. While the Canyon Creek project sat high on the city's priority list, Goins said, it was also the most expensive stormwater project scheduled. The city decided to put the project on the back- burner to save money for a match pay- ment if it had the opportunity to get a grant in the future. "W don't know if anyone can teL/you where Canyon Creek historicaLLy ran. Once it gets under Northctiffe it's not in its natural course" "A few years have passed now and we're kind of there," Goins said. However, the city is now consider- ing "a more economical plan" to fix the flooding issues. That new plan involves possibly di- verting water from the creek to a hold- ing tank beibre it reaches Northcliffe Rd. then sending the water through a pipe to a wetland area near downtown Shelton, where David Shelton's first Pear Orchard was located. A similar holding tank, which sits behind the Shelton Timberland Li- brary, now diverts water from Shelton Creek to solve flooding issues. "We think that would be a"good place to put it," Goins said. :;t This wouldn't be the first time Can- yon Creek is diverted from its natural course, Goins said. "I don't know if anyone can tell you where Canyon Creek historically ran," he said. "Once it gets under Northcliffe it's not in its natural course." Neighbors have expressed an inter- est in the plan, and the city commis- sion may soon approve a plan to hire a consultant to do preliminary engineer- ing and permitting, Goins said. He estimated that the cost for the consul- tant could be anywhere tom $75,000 to $150,000. The city will need to get permits through the Department of Ecology to divert the creek, but Goins said he doesn't expect any problems. While the project seems to be finally getting underway after years of wait- ing, Goins said the project is still a long way off. ....... "It's not likely that this will come to- gether so we can build this in 2012 ... we're going to try," he said. "The city's just trying to do their best." Shelton native floats through Hurricane Irene By NATALIE JOHNSON Scenic Vermont generally doesn't come to mind when you think of tropical storms, but it got a pounding from Irene last week. Shelton High School graduate Cressa Amundsen saw the devastation first- hand. "The theater that I'm working at completely flooded," she said. "We were expecting the tropical storm to come through and it did, we were anticipat- ing 8-to-12 inches (of flooding). We got 8 feet." Amundsen works as the Company Manager for the Weston Playhouse in Vermont. After graduating high school in Shelton, she attended a musical the- ater conservatory in New York City, and recently went to work at the theater. Much of the theater'was flooded, she said. In some rooms flooding reaChed the ceiling. "Our local fire department pumped hundreds of" thousands of gallons of wa- ter out," she said. "We lost our grand piano." Overall. Amundsen said the theater sustained $250.000 in damage. Although she is on the other side of the country, Amundsen said the strength and generosity of her community re- minds her of home. "Our community has really stepped up. We've had board members and commu- nity members bringing food every day," she said. "In the middle of the storm we had people asking how they could help." While the damage to the theater, its musical and sound equipment, props and costumes is substantial, Amundsen said the show must go on. "We're producing a world premier mu- sical ... called 'Saint-Ex,'" she said. "We don't want the show or the theater to stop because of the storm." Amundsen said the show was set to continue, with some modifications, at the playhouse last Friday. For more information on the Weston Playhouse and Cressa Amundsen visit Westonplayhouse.org. The Helpful Place Yes, You CAN with help from ACE! 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