The Highlands of Romulus is a three-phase residential project developed and constructed by Centex Homes in the City of Romulus, Michigan. King & MacGregor Environmental, Inc. (KME) provided wetland delineation and evaluation services, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) permitting assistance and negotiations, wetland mitigation design, construction observation and bi-monthly monitoring of the mitigation wetlands for five years.
The first two phases of the project, Highlands Estates, consisted of the construction of 234 single-family residential lots built around existing regulated wetlands and eleven constructed wetland mitigation areas. In addition to working around the existing regulated wetland areas, Centex Homes incorporated a series of walking trails around the perimeter of a ten-acre area of preserved wetland and upland Conservation Area as an amenity to their second phase development. The third phase, Highlands Village, consisted of the construction of ten multiple-family housing units designed around one existing regulated wetland and a constructed wetland mitigation area.
Project Highlights
- Wetland delineation and evaluation services
- MDEQ permitting assistance, permit negotiations with the MDEQ and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and on-site meetings with the MDEQ and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- Wetland mitigation design, wetland construction observations and on-going wetland monitoring
services for all project phases, including bi-monthly hydrological monitoring from April - October
- 2.59 total acres of MDEQ-permitted wetland impact with 3.63 acres of on-site wetland mitigation in
eleven separate areas
Project Information
Client: Centex Homes
Location: Romulus, Michigan
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Wetlands amid new homes and walking trails
Wetland mitigation area during construction
Wetland mitigation area after construction
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