With financial assistance from U.S. EPA's Area-Wide Brownfields Planning Grant and Site Assessment Grant, the City of Saint Paul is moving forward with the environmental assessment, programming, and design of the West Side Flats greenway. This greenway was identified in the West Side Flats Master Plan and Development Guidelines, which was adopted by the City Council in 2015.
What is a Greenway?
As planned, the greenway will be both a park space and a stormwater management area that will collect and treat stormwater for multiple parcels and street rights of way. This is an innovative project for the City in that stormwater is typically managed on a parcel-by-parcel basis. Instead of storing water in underground vaults or flowing through the storm sewer, the water will be collected and made an amenity for the park. The City is working to implement the greenway concept in a number of areas slated for new development throughout the city. This storyboard describes the city's vision.
West Side Flats Greenway Design Report
West Side Flats Green Infrastructure and Brownfields Reuse Study (September 2018)
Environmental Reports
Greenway Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (November 2017)
Greenway Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment (May 25, 2017)
EPA Green Infrastructure Report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages communities to use green infrastructure to help manage stormwater runoff, reduce sewer overflows, and improve water quality. Read more about the West Side Flats Greenway Conceptual Green Infrastructure Design in the report below.
