There is a stormwater improvement project planned for Glenwood Park in Cinco Bayou, Florida.
According to NWF Daily News, the goals are to benefit local waters, residents and wildlife. More specifically, the water quality in the park and bayou are the priority.
Town officials plan to use $300,000 in state funding and $211,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act money to pay for the project.
Cinco Bayou has less than 500 residents and Glenwood Park on Northeast Opp Boulevard is: 9-acres, one of the town’s four parks, and has a playground, 641-foot boardwalk and 795-foot nature trail, reported NWF Daily News.
Town Manager Keith Williams said the park has a stream that “has been stopped up in heavy rains” while trying to drain to the bayou, however, reported NWF Daily News.
The project comes in the wake of stormwater runoff from Uptown Station and heavy rain pouring into the park’s wetlands. Williams adds that no flooding has stemmed from Glenwood Park. Instead, the stormwater improvement project will focus on water quality upgrades.
The project will start as soon as possible and is estimated to be completed Sept. 30, 2023, according to the state funding request led by state Rep. Patt Maney, reported NWF Daily News.
The project entails: the restoration of the park’s eroded stream channel and vegetated floodplain; and a baffle box to remove sediment, trash and pollutants from stormwater. The box will be placed on a stormwater pipe that discharges into the stream, reported NWF Daily News.
The project is expected to improve the water quality of the park stream, Cinco Bayou and Choctawhatchee Bay and benefit fish and other wildlife.
