City of Kansas City, Missouri, Parks & Recreation

2018

Kansas City Parks and Recreation’s four trail improvement jobs under Project No. 70121305 sought a FEMA no-rise certificate and flood plain certificate for improvements along White Oak Creek. WRS evaluated the hydraulics of sites in White Oak Park, where the city plans a steel-structure, wood-decked pedestrian bridge or culvert, as well as a second in James A. Reed Park, where the aim is to create a secondary creek crossing using a timber or steel bridge. WRS provided the necessary parameters for the site to evaluate impacts to flooding, bank stability, erosion and scour for each creek or swale, as well as to size and design necessary revetments and stream crossings.

Based on that hydraulic information and field investigations, WRS developed concept-level and final construciton drawings of alternative bridge alignment options necessary to meet the flood requirements for each site. WRS then conducted hydraulic analysis and scour analysis for the preferred option; determined the location, height, and length of the bridge; and identified needed permits for the project; and coordinated application for the permitting, including application for the FEMA no-rise certificate.