Flood Survey by the Ghent Neighborhood League
The GNL is soliciting opinions regarding how to address flooding issues and what locations are priorities. Your answers to these 14 questions give the GNL guidance on where to direct attention. Learn more: https://ghentneighborhoodleague.org/
1. Name (Optional)
2. Email (Optional, please include to get survey results)
3. Street Name *
4. Are you aware of Realtor.com's website that estimates flood risk, www.floodfactor.com? *
5. If you have seen floodfactor.com, do you think it is accurate?
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6. Where in Ghent would you like to see flooding addressed first? *
Graydon & Blow
Colley & Princess Anne
Mowbray Arch & Botetourt (Holland House Apts)
Mowbray Arch & Mill St.
Stockley Gardens & Olney (Christ & St. Luke's)
Stockley Gardens & Baldwin (Dog Park)
Yarmouth & Hague School (Chrysler Museum)
Other
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If you answered Other, please describe:
7. Technology exists to prevent tidal water from flowing into streets through storm drains, like the one pictured below. At what intersections could this be most helpful?
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8. On Mowbray Arch, the street along the Hague, do you support: *
Vegetation/habitat in the green space, as tested at Mill St.
Berm that raises the green space (incl. at the Hague School)
A low wall around the Hague in the green space
A living shoreline in the Hague adjacent to the hard structure
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If you answered Other, please describe:
9. Are you in favor of converting green spaces to wetlands and flood-resilient landscaping in areas that were historically creeks? *
10. A 2014 study found water quality in the Hague was, in general, fair to poor, with high levels of nitrogen exceeding the Clean Water Act limit. Bacteria also exceeded limits for swimming. Is it important to you that Hague water quality improve? *
11. Are you in favor of signage on streets through Ghent where flooding occurs? *
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12. Are you aware of the Army Corps' recommendation for a Hague tidal gate under Brambleton Ave.? This is in the Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/NCSRM/ *
13. Are you in favor of the Hague tidal gate? (There is no plan to build the gate now because of the great expense.) *
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14. Are you in favor of a special assessment district in Ghent (a tax) to provide matching funds for flood mitigation projects? *
Tell us a story about your connection to urban waters, and what you value about how water shapes your life. (Optional)
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