RADNORÂ â After getting canceled last year due to the pandemic, plans are in the works for this yearâs annual Memorial Day parade in Wayne.
At a recent meeting of the Radnor Board of Commissioners, township officials and the committee that organizes the annual event said plans are in the works for the 2021 event.
Bill White, township manager, said over the past few weeks the Memorial Day Committee has been preparing for this yearâs parade as they have in most other years.
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Last yearâs parade was canceled due to the pandemic, but there was a ceremony attended by a few dozen people at the townshipâs war memorial in on South Wayne Avenue.
Open streams ran through areas of Wayne that are now covered with hard surfaces and buildings.
Ithan Creek openly flowed near where where Radnor Middle School sits today.
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Nearby, the Wayne Natatorium was created by damming another creek. The lake created from the dam was a popular recreation spot and used for swimming in the summer and ice skating in the winter.
Over 100 years after these streams were covered for the growing Wayne community, many of those culverts, inlets and sewers are wearing out.
Now, due to a combination of all that impervious coverage and old infrastructure, flooding has become a major issue in the town.