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3  Total of ~350,000 cy of material to be removed.  Three major fish and habitat restoration projects  Three offloading/dewatering sites.  Approximately 200 trucks per day on Indiana Ave.  Approx. 100 trucks per day on Penn Ave and S. 14 th Street.  24 hours a day 7 days a week dredging operations.  Bright Lights, Dust, Noise, etc. will occur.

4  8 th Street and 14 th Street Boat Launches closed.  Discouraging of canoers/kayakers from mouth of river to Taylor Drive Bridge.  Docks will be relocated during construction.  Traffic Impacts along truck routes.  Portions of Kiwanis Park closed.

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7  Redevelopment Opportunities of underutilized property. ◦ Allows for reinvestment of the riverfront with up to 10 feet of depth for development docking from 8 th Street to 14 th Street Bridge. ◦ Case Study by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant in 2011: Findings 1.Sheboygan River was viewed as an asset but has a negative stigma. 2.Depth was a primary concern of the interviewees. 3.Remediation will result in economic revitalization. 4.Quality of Life and Aesthetics viewed as potential improvements of remediation.

8  Additional Depths. 10-16 feet from the 8 th Street bridge to the mouth.  Allow for additional cruise ships like:

9  With Tourism, we are working to secure the Blount Cruise Ships stops in Sheboygan next Summer:

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13  Help with increasing the local economic benefit of $8.7m that is spent on recreational activities related to the waterfront.  New development potential in 2013 of approximately $3.5 Million adjacent to the riverfront.  Slated to begin end of May, early June and be completed by Fall 2012.  Changes the perception of “its got the perception of being dirty, I wouldn’t go swimming in it as you might glow!”, stated a local resident.

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