Otter View Park

Middlebury, Vermont

Otter View Park is a nature park and trail on 17-acres of Middlebury Land Trust property located along the Otter Creek, providing pedestrian access through an upland meadow, cattail marsh, wetland, and floodplain forest. Provided alternatives analysis through final design of the trail, trailhead parking, overlook viewing areas, and an 800 ft long elevated boardwalk across the wetland floodplain. Professional services included survey, civil, sanitary, structural, and hydraulic engineering; permitting; construction phase services; and engineering and permitting services for the subdivision of three residential lots associated with the property. The elevated boardwalk was designed using a helical pier foundation system enabling construction from the deck side, eliminating wetland impacts. Recycled composite fiber material was used for decking, railing surface, and bench seats.