The city received $1 million from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and an additional $400,000 through H2Ohio to fund the improvements.<\/p>\n
TOLEDO, Ohio \u2014 The City of Toledo<\/a> is investing in both recreation and environmental protection with a $1.4 million project at Detwiler Park Golf Course<\/a> in north Toledo aimed at reducing flooding and improving water quality.<\/p>\n Construction is underway at the course as part of a broader effort to restore natural water flow, limit runoff and create new wildlife habitat. The city received $1 million from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and an additional $400,000 through H2Ohio to fund the improvements.<\/p>\n Crews are reshaping sections of the course by adding berms, drainage areas and natural stream features designed to slow water movement and allow it to soak into the ground.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are at our implementation phase, so the construction phase of this project,\u201d said LaShawna Weeks, senior environmental specialist with the City of Toledo.<\/p>\n Weeks said the upgrades are designed to capture surface runoff before it enters nearby waterways, helping reduce the amount of nutrients that ultimately reach Lake Erie.<\/p>\n \u201cThat area is going to collect water, surface runoff, and then allow that water to infiltrate before it enters into the stream,\u201d said Weeks.<\/p>\n City officials say the project goes beyond preventing runoff from entering the lake.<\/p>\n In addition to improving water quality, the project is expected to enhance habitat for fish and other aquatic life while improving the course\u2019s appearance and playability by reducing flooding and erosion.<\/p>\n \u201cI really like these projects \u2014 because of the environmental benefit, but it allows us to give back to the community, to the people who use this golf course,\u201d said Weeks. \u201cIt allows them to have a more aesthetic golf course and have that environmental benefit, so we coexist with our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n Construction began earlier this year and is expected to wrap up by late spring, with some planting work continuing afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city received $1 million from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and an additional $400,000 through H2Ohio to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-160879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}