San Pedro Creek Culture Park
Pape-Dawson served as the civil engineer for this $175M San Antonio River Authority project to transform San Pedro Creek into a linear park to preserve the creek’s cultural ecology and spark new development. Our design responsibilities included the trails, main drainage channel for San Pedro Creek, storm drain systems for off-site drainage areas, low impact development installations, utility coordination and design, and environmental clearance.
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Hydrology & Hydraulics
The storm drains (up to 72″ pipes) and channel improvements remove approximately 40 acres of downtown San Antonio from the 100-year floodplain and help mitigate surface flooding where water enters the creek. We developed a hydraulic footprint that would allow for flood mitigation benefits as well as provide sufficient room for walkways to develop the project into an amenity. We replaced the concrete channel with a natural-looking cobble bottom, laid back the slopes using mechanically stabilized earth walls and cut stone, and deliberately planted vegetation that would allow for resiliency during significant flooding events. Local drainage that entered the channel along the project was intercepted and discharged below the water surface to further create and maintain the natural channel look and feel.
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Drainage Infrastructure
Planning & Design
Hazardous Material Compliance & Remediation
Pape-Dawson conducted a Phase I environmental site assessment for the development of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park. The objective of the study was to identify recognized environmental conditions, which are defined as the presence or likely presence of hazardous substances or petroleum products in, on, or at a property. After determining further investigation was needed, a Phase II environmental site assessment was conducted to further investigate initial findings.
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Hazardous Material
Compliance & Remediation
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