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Project Summary >
Dockside Green – Point Ellice Park Shoreline Rehabilitation
2007 - 2008
January 01, 1900
Victoria, British Columbia
Archipelago provided key input on the design and implementation for shoreline rehabilitation for the Dockside Green development using a Green Shores approach.
Objectives:
- Improve the park shoreline characteristics and ecological function
- Pilot the Green Shores (www.greenshores.ca) rating system for a LEED platinum development (Dockside Green)
- Develop a shore design using a committed environmental design and construction team
Results:
- Remediation of a filled shore embankment with minimal hard shore construction
- Reconstruction of an intertidal pocket beach
- Incorporation of tidal pools into a rock headland feature
- Enhancement of relic intertidal marsh areas
- Removal of invasive species and planting of a functional marine riparian zone
- A construction team that recognizes the environmental values of their endeavours
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