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About the cover: The Bee Branch Creek Restoration
and Gateway Project is a flood-mitigation project
designed to reduce the risk of storm water flood
damage to 1,155 properties in one of Dubuque's
oldest neighborhoods. This $57 million project
began in September 2010 and is expected to be
complete in Fall 2014. The project is broken down
into two phases; Upper Bee Branch and
Lower Bee Branch. The project includes
daylighting of the Bee Branch Creek which was
housed in buried storm sewer for more than a century.
In addition to being a stormwater facility, the project
features a hike/bike trail, additional landscaping,
medium-to-high canopy trees, bushes, planters, light
fixtures, water fountains, benches, an amphitheater,
scenic overlooks, bridges, rain gardens and wetlands,
and other recreational space.
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