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Environment and Sustainability

Anderson Park-Plymouth Woods Stream Restoration

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In partnership with the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration, the City of Rockville is making improvements to the Anderson Park Plymouth Woods stream located within the Watts Branch Watershed, which is part of the larger Potomac River Watershed.

The goals of the project are to:

  • Enhance the watershed through stream restoration, wetlands, and reforestation.
  • Protect public and private property and infrastructure.
  • Improve the water quality of the watershed to protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Improvements will include:

  • Reducing erosion threatening public infrastructure, private property, and mature trees.
  • Enhancing riparian buffer and wetlands.
  • Providing long-term channel stability.
  • Reducing invasive species.
  • Reestablishing native vegetation.
  • Reducing pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay.

Before Photos

A shallow, eroded stream runs through a leafless forest; surveying equipment and a person in an orange vest are visible among the trees.
A fallen tree lies on an eroded stream bank in a leafless forest, with exposed roots and a shallow creek in the foreground.
A large tree with exposed roots stands beside a small stream, with bamboo and other trees in the background on a cloudy day.
Large tree with exposed roots next to a concrete drainage pipe; ground covered in dry leaves and rocks in a wooded area.
A small stream flows through an eroded ditch lined with fallen trees and leaf-covered ground in a forested area.
A large concrete drainage pipe is exposed on a steep eroded slope, surrounded by fallen leaves, branches, and cracked soil.
A shallow stream with clear water flows beside a concrete slab and rocks, surrounded by leafless trees reflected on the water's surface.
A small creek runs through a wooded area with exposed tree roots, eroded banks, and apartment buildings visible in the background.
A deep, eroded gully runs through a wooded area with exposed soil, leaf litter, and scattered branches; a drainage pipe exits into the gully.
A forested area with exposed tree roots and eroded soil along the bank of a small stream, with leafless trees and scattered rocks visible.
A wooded area with leafless trees, exposed soil, a small creek running through the center, and surveying equipment set up on the left side.
A small creek partially covered with ice runs through a snowy forest, with a large drainage pipe visible in the background.
Small stream running through a forested area with snow patches, exposed roots, and eroded soil along the banks.

Project Budget

  • Cost of Design: $454,000 in total; $269,000 funded by the city and $185,000 funded by
    Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.
  • Cost of Construction: $4,288,000 in total; $2,728,000 funded by the city and $1,560,000 funded by Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.

Project Timeline

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    Project Initiated
    Feb. 12, 2018
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    Initial Public Meeting
    Feb. 22, 2019

    View presented exhibits.

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    Schematic Design (30% Completed)
    Feb. 23, 2019
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    Conceptual Design (60% Completed)
    July 10, 2019
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    Conceptual Design and Field Walk
    July 20, 2019
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    Conceptual Design (90% Completed)
    March 5, 2020
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    Partnership Canceled
    June 11, 2020

    State Highway Administration provided notice to cancel partnership and terminate funding.

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    Partnership Reestablished
    March 6, 2023

    Mayor and Council authorized reestablishment of partnership.

  • Final Design Public Meeting
    TBD
  • Advertisement for Construction
    TBD
  • Mayor and Council Award
    TBD
  • Construction
    TBD

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Contact

Diron Baker
Public Works Department
Engineering Division
240-314-8533
dbaker@rockvillemd.gov

Hours
Monday – Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Address
Rockville City Hall
111 Maryland Ave.
Rockville, MD 20850