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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path

Frankford Avenue Community Information Update

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Background

• Walking path begins at Frankford Avenue and Force Road and connects at Sinclair Lane.
• Walking path has been in BGE plans for 15+ years and is located within BGE Right-of-Way (ROW).
• BGE has met with the community and community leadership over the past several years about the

walking path.

• In early May 2020, letters were mailed out to the community to inform them that the installation of the

walking path would begin in mid-May. The walking path installation was completed in mid-June.

• Updated project signs have been installed along the ROW with project contact information.
• As of today, wildflower planting beds are scheduled to be installed along the ROW in late

September/early October 2020.

• Working with Baltimore City, the options for the path restricted the use of impervious surface. In

addition, a paved or concrete surface would not allow BGE to maintain its underground equipment in this area.

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Overhead Rendering

• f Fall 2020 Plantings

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Phase I: Install Gravel Walking Path

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Phase I: Install Gravel Walking Path

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Phase I: Install Gravel Walking Path

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Wildflower Plantings

• BGE is listening to the community and being responsive to concerns.
• Instead of planting flowers along the entire length of the walking path, we

have now separated the plantings into individual planting beds.

• In response to safety concerns, we have changed the flower bed mix so that

most plantings won’t be above three feet in height.

• We will use a seed drill or similar ‘no-till’ method to plant wildflower mix.
• Community should expect wildflower maturity in three to five years.

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Wildflower Seed Mix Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix

AS OF 06.24.2020

Lanceleaf Coreopsis - 1-2 ½ft Blackeyed Susan - 1-2ft Partridge Pea, PA Ecotype - Up to 2.9ft Common Yarrow - up to 3ft

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix

AS OF 06.24.2020

Showy Milkweed - up to 3.3ft Butterfly Milkweed - 1- 2 ½ft Aromatic Aster, PA Ecotype - Up to 3.3ft

Wildflower Seed Mix

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix

AS OF 06.24.2020

Yellow False Indigo - up to 3.3ft Nodding Bur Marigold, PA Ecotype Up to 3.3ft Cornflower (Bachelors Button) - 3.9ft Purple Prairie Clover - Up to 3.9ft

Wildflower Seed Mix

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix

AS OF 06.24.2020

Annual Gaillardia (Indian Blanket) - 2ft Perennial Gaillardia (Blanket flower) - 2-3ft Scaly Blazing Star, VA Ecotype -Up to 3.3ft Hairy Beardtongue - Up to 2.9ft

Wildflower Seed Mix

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path BGE Right-of-Way Maintenance

• BGE will be solely responsible for maintenance.
• Maintenance will include mowing around the perimeter of the wildflower planting beds

and around tower structures.

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BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path

Q & A Discussion

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