Wetlands project s 3rd phase revealed
To help drainage, clean up Maumee near Hessen Cassel
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The start of the third phase of a project to improve drainage, prevent flooding, expand a wetlands and keep pollution out of the Maumee River was announced Wednesday at a news conference by Fort Wayne city and regional environmental officials.
The event was scheduled as a groundbreaking for the next phase of a project near Hessen Cassel Road but was moved indoors to Citizens Square because of a steady rain.
The project includes installation of a two-stage ditch and a bioswale to hold back water and an expansion to about an acre of the Colonial Heights wetlands on former cropland.