Project Overview
Upper Nine Pond was originally constructed in 1984 to service the surrounding residential neighbourhood to provide flood detention during large storm events. The City’s first stormwater retrofit project at Upper Nine Pond was prioritized through the Stormwater Retrofit Study in 2015.
The retrofit project was promoted through the City’s County Court Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan as a key project for the neighbourhood. The project was ultimately constructed in 2020 with a total of cost of approximately $2 Million dollars.
The new stormwater pond is now a welcomed amenity for the community and provides a permanent water feature that capture pollution before releasing clean water into the natural environment. The project also included 400 m of walking trails, 3 lookouts, 160 trees, 500 shrubs, a small habitat wetland, passive recreational spaces, set-up for a future rainwater harvesting system, and improvements to the old storm sewer outfalls.
