By Gary Lloyd
The Trussville City Council last week approved a proposal for the construction of stormwater services on Husky Parkway and near the Hewitt-Trussville Stadium site.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s regulations require on any construction site that a best management plan be approved, detailing how storm runoff from the site will be managed to prevent erosion and silt being deposited into streams and waterways.
The regulations typically consists of silt fencing or hay bales, sand bags or some similar type of barrier to silt leaving the site and getting into storm drains or streams, said Trussville City Clerk Lynn Porter.
The regulations require that an inspection be done, and a report as to the condition of the best management plan to be turned in, every time there is a 3/4-inch of rainfall recorded in one day and/or monthly.
Spectrum will perform these evaluations and reports on the Husky Parkway and stadium project for the projects’ durations. The company will advise the city of Trussville and contractor of the inspection results with the deficiencies and any required corrections or improvements after a storm event or at the end of the month.
The cost is $300 per inspection, which means the cost could be as low as $300 per month during a dry period, or could require several inspections per week if there is enough rain.
The Trussville City Board of Education has until Aug. 30 to sign a contract with Blalock Building Company to construct the stadium. The board approved Blalock as the builder last month. The new stadium is expected to open for the 2014 high school football season.
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