{"id":21846,"date":"2016-10-21T12:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T16:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=21846"},"modified":"2016-10-21T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T16:25:54","slug":"river-mill-park-got-little-bit-greener-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/river-mill-park-got-little-bit-greener-week\/","title":{"rendered":"River Mill Park got a little bit greener this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small piece of paradise was unpaved in Huntsville this week. The triangular parking area between River Mill Park and the Town Docks near the end of Dara Howell Way was scheduled for work this week to rectify drainage issues. At the General Committee meeting in April, councillors elected to grass over the area when the drainage improvements were complete, rather than return it to paved parking. (Read that story on Doppler <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/no-new-parking-for-river-mill-park-may-lead-to-improved-safety-at-brunel-intersection\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p>At that meeting, Brandon Hall, Engineering Technician for the Town&#8217;s Public Works department explained that due to poor drainage the gravel section in that area required maintenance because it would wash away. The work to fix the problem was to involve removing the existing asphalt, digging out the area, regrading it and then  either paving or grassing over it. Council chose the latter option. The budgeted cost for the project was $50,000.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21913\" style=\"width: 1414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21913\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21913\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/10\/River-Mill-Park-improvements.jpg\" alt=\"River Mill Park greenspace\" width=\"1404\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/10\/River-Mill-Park-improvements-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/10\/River-Mill-Park-improvements-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/10\/River-Mill-Park-improvements-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/10\/River-Mill-Park-improvements.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drainage improvements were completed before the area was leveled and sprayed with grass seed<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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