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1999 Betterback Roads Grant

Lake Parker Watershed Road Inventory and Capital Budget Plan
After reviewing the results of our watershed survey the VT DEC recommended that we apply for a Betterback Roads grant to inventory the roads in the Lake Parker watershed. The application for this grant was submitted in May 1999 and in August of that year $1664.00 was awarded. The objective of the grant was to identify road conditions most in need of repair and develop a plan for doing the work complete with budget, timetable and assignment of work responsibilities. The work was supervised by Glover Selectman Nick Echer Racz and much of the survey work and the prioritization of the work areas was done by Glover Road Foreman Rick Welch and the road crew. Volunteers from the Lake Parker Association acted as the contact between the Town of Glover and the Northern Vermont Resource Conservation and Development Council, provided computer equipment and office supplies and helped with the survey work and report writing.
Using the information collected during the road inventory and the experience and judgment of the selectmen and road crew and taking into account the town road repair budget it was decided to choose five areas in the Lake Parker watershed most in need of repair and address one of these areas in each of the next five years. Each year’s project is shown on the map below starting with a culvert replacement job where Tetrault Lane crosses Stevens Brook. In subsequent years the project locations move west along King Road.
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Year One - 2001

Priority: Critical.
Location: Tetrault Lane at Stevens Brook. See plan map.
Current Condition: There are 5 small-diameter culverts within a 50-foot stretch of road. These culverts are grossly inadequate. Even in annual water-rise conditions, such as typical January and Spring Thaws, water flow overwhelms the culverts' capacities and washes out the road bed in several locations. 
Town records document the resulting road closures and repetitive repairs as they have regularly occurred over the past decades. When floods occur, even mild to moderate water-rise conditions seriously wash out the roadbed. This creates gullies, holes, and seep-channels that make the road impassable to vehicular traffic, isolate the affected residents, and restrict emergency teams' access to the area. 
Proposed Project:

1. Remove the existing 5 culverts, and replace them with one 7-foot diameter squashed culvert. The "squashed" profile will reduce the height of the culvert to 4 feet, thereby increasing the width available for water-flow. 
2. Create upper-end header: solid concrete wall, with concrete wing walls.
3. Create lower-header: cradle-style support system.
4. Stabilize banks.

Projected Costs:
$3,000.00 Culvert purchase: To be sought through Better Back Roads Grant award.
$5,500.00 Header materials: Funded by Town of Glover.

               Machinery, Labor: Provided by the Town of Glover.
               Bank Stabilization material: Funded by LPA.
               Bank Stabilization labor: Provided by LPA volunteers.

Year Two - 2002

Priority: High.
Location: King Road. See plan map..
Current Condition: There is a 16-inch diameter culvert here. It's inadequate for the runoff it must handle and overflow creates erosion problems and necessitates recurring repairs at the lower end of this culvert.

Proposed Project:

1. Remove the existing culvert, and replace it with a 40-foot long, 30-inch culvert pipe.
2. Reinforce the lower end of the culvert outlet with concrete-block header.
3. Stabilize the upper and lower ditches with rip-rap rock (6-inch minus, ledge).
4. Stabilize the stream banks with mulch and erosion-controlling plants/grasses.

Projected Costs:
$1,400.00 Culvert purchase: To be sought through Better Back Roads Grant award.
   $450.00 Headers materials: Funded by Town of Glover.
                6 concrete blocks @ $50.00 each
                1 load rip-rap @ $150.00 each

                Machinery, Labor: Provided by the Town of Glover.
                Bank Stabilization material: Funded by LPA.
                Bank Stabilization labor: Provided by LPA volunteers.

Year Three - 2003

Priority: High.
Location: King Road. See plan map.
Current Condition: This area experiences a great deal of field erosion. There is a 24-inch diameter culvert here. Its size is inadequate and overflow channels much silt, soil, and nutrients into Stevens Brook and eventually into Lake Parker.

Proposed Project:

1. Remove the existing culvert, and replace it with a 36-foot long, 30-inch culvert pipe.
2. Reinforce the lower end of the culvert outlet with concrete-block header.
3. Stabilize the upper and lower ditches with rip-rap rock (6-inch minus, ledge).
4. Stabilize the stream banks with mulch and erosion-controlling plants/grasses.

Projected Costs:
$1,400.00 Culvert purchase: To be sought through Better Back Roads Grant award.
$ 450.00 Header materials: Funded by Town of Glover.
             6 concrete blocks @ $50.00 each
             1 load rip-rap @ $150.00 each

             Machinery, Labor: Provided by the Town of Glover.
             Bank Stabilization material: Funded by LPA.
             Bank Stabilization labor: Provided by LPA volunteers.

Year Four - 2004

Priority: Moderately-High.
Location: King Road. See plan map.
Current Condition: This area also experiences significant amounts of field erosion. There are two 15-inch diameter, 28-foot long culverts here. They are inadequate for the volume of runoff that gathers at this point. As a result, water containing considerable amounts of silt, soil, and nutrients overflows the channel and contributes to downstream overruns that eventually flow into the lake. 

Proposed Project:

1. Remove the existing culverts and replace them both with 18-inch diameter culverts. Replacement culverts are to be 36 and 45 feet in length. 
2. Widen and deepen roadside ditches leading to the culvert entrances and stabilize with rip-rap rock (6-inch minus, ledge).
3. Stabilize the stream banks with mulch and erosion-controlling plants/grasses.

Projected Costs:
$475.00 (45') Culvert purchases: To be sought through Better Back Roads Grant award.
$380.00 (36') 
$600.00 4 load rip-rap @ $150.00 each: To be sought through Better Back Roads Grant award.
              Machinery, Labor: Provided by the Town of Glover.
              Bank Stabilization material: Funded by LPA.
              Bank Stabilization labor: Provided by LPA volunteers.

Year Five - 2005

Priority: Moderately-High.
Location: King Road. See plan map.
Current Condition: This area drains from the same fields as the Year #4 site, and it experiences similar, significant amounts of erosion. There is one 12-inch diameter, 32-foot long culvert here. It is inadequate for the volume of runoff that gathers at this point. As a result, water containing considerable amounts of silt, soil, and nutrients overflows the channel and contributes to downstream overruns that eventually flow into the lake. 

Proposed Project:

1. Remove the existing culvert and replace it with a 36-inch diameter, 38-foot long pipe.
2. Reinforce the lower end of the culvert outlet with concrete-block header.
3. Stabilize the stream banks with mulch and erosion-controlling plants/grasses.

Projected Costs:
$1,600.00 Culvert purchase: To be sought through Better Back Roads Grant award.
$ 300.00 Materials: Funded by Town of Glover.
                            6 concrete blocks @ $50.00 each

             Machinery, Labor: Provided by the Town of Glover.
             Bank Stabilization material: Funded by LPA.
             Bank Stabilization labor: Provided by LPA volunteers.