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Africatown breaks ground affordable housing and more of Seattle’s Central District

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Africatown Community Land Trust broke ground Saturday on a new affordable housing development supporters(HDS) say will not only provide much-needed homes in the city’s Central District but support Black architects, planners and construction firms.

K. Wyking Garrett, the President and CEO of Africatown Community Land Trust said that “We want to make sure our projects are maximizing empowerment into our community,”

The seven-story development at 23rd Avenue and East Spring Street known as Africatown Plaza is include 126 affordable rental units, a community room, retail spaces and an art collections. The housing is designed to be affordable for people making below 60% of area median income (AMI), or about $48,600 for a single person. The project is part of a broader effort to offset years of gentrification in the historically Black neighborhood where home prices have skyrocketed, developers have transform blocks and the Black population had 20% to shrunk by 2016.

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Construction of the check Dam

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An engineering measure used to conserve soil in erodible areas is the check dam. An erosion control dam reduces the velocity of a waterway so it can control erosion.

Floodwaters are held back, and sediment is trapped. The embankment and spillway are both parts of it. In some check dams, only the embankment is present. The check dam will form a water body behind it at the start of construction, which is gradually filled by sediment deposits.

Functions of Check Dam

The check dams reduce the velocity of water by pre-designing and constructing them. Silt up and trap the silt in gullies to raise the bed level and reduce the slope. Stabilize the slopes on the sides. The soil should allow for plant growth and to contain water for the stability of banks.

Site Surveying of Check Dam

A dam built of concrete mortared rock cannot exceed 8 m in height, while a dam made of log cribs cannot exceed 2 m. An average dam with a height of 2 m in a channel with a 20-degree angle will require 12 m spacing.

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www.constructioncost.co
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