Sheboygan River Dredging Project

2012“Short Term Inconvenience for a Long Term Gain”

By: Chad Pelishek, Development Manager

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Total of ~350,000 cy of material to be removed. Three major fish and habitat restoration

projects Three offloading/dewatering sites. Approximately 200 trucks per day on Indiana

Ave. Approx. 100 trucks per day on Penn Ave and S.

14th Street. 24 hours a day 7 days a week dredging

operations. Bright Lights, Dust, Noise, etc. will occur.

Short Term Inconveniences

8th Street and 14th Street Boat Launches closed.

Discouraging of canoers/kayakers from mouth of river to Taylor Drive Bridge.

Docks will be relocated during construction. Traffic Impacts along truck routes. Portions of Kiwanis Park closed.

Short Term Inconveniences

Redevelopment Opportunities of underutilized property.◦ Allows for reinvestment of the riverfront with up to

10 feet of depth for development docking from 8th Street to 14th Street Bridge.

◦ Case Study by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant in 2011:Findings1. Sheboygan River was viewed as an asset but has a

negative stigma.2. Depth was a primary concern of the interviewees.3. Remediation will result in economic revitalization.4. Quality of Life and Aesthetics viewed as potential

improvements of remediation.

Long Term Gains

Additional Depths. 10-16 feet from the 8th Street bridge to the mouth.

Allow for additional cruise ships like:

Long Term Gains

With Tourism, we are working to secure the Blount Cruise Ships stops in Sheboygan next Summer:

Long Term Gains

Long Term GainsFish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration

Long Term Gains

Long Term Gains

Help with increasing the local economic benefit of $8.7m that is spent on recreational activities related to the waterfront.

New development potential in 2013 of approximately $3.5 Million adjacent to the riverfront.

Slated to begin end of May, early June and be completed by Fall 2012.

Changes the perception of “its got the perception of being dirty, I wouldn’t go swimming in it as you might glow!”, stated a local resident.

Long Term Gains

Sheboygan River Dredging Project

2012“Short Term Inconvenience for a Long Term Gain”

By: Chad Pelishek, Development Manager

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