Cougar Creek in Delta:
Scott Road to Nicholson Road
Like much of the Surrey portion of Cougar
Creek, the Scott Road – Nicholson stretch in North Delta (about 1 block
long) is heavily urbanized. Medical buildings, housing, a church, and
parking lots crowd far closer to the streambank than is desirable.
Massive flows of stormwater runoff from Scottsdale
and other malls, as well as from Scott Road itself, enter the creek on
the Delta side of Scott Road. Again, at Nicholson, residential
stormwater runoff pours into the creek.
Streambank
erosion is a serious problem from Scott to Nicholson, and equally so just
downstream from Nicholson – not surprising, given the large amounts of
stormwater runoff that are funneled into Cougar Creek in this area.
Streamside restoration projects at the
Rai Site and the
Soh Site are an
important part of streamkeeper efforts to improve conditions along this
stretch of creek.
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