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Commission approves 440 Greenway section with retaining walls and pedestrian bridge; staff conditions and flexible signage allowed
Summary
The Stormwater Management Commission approved a variance for the Metro Parks 440 Greenway extension from Sevier Park to Battlefield Park that includes a pedestrian bridge requiring uncompensated fill and multiple retaining walls in stream buffers, with conditions including a no-rise analysis and flexibility for educational signage.
The Stormwater Management Commission on July 10 approved a variance for Metro Parks and Greenways to construct a segment of the 440 Greenway from Sevier Park to Battlefield Park that includes a pedestrian bridge over Browns Creek, retaining walls within newly mapped stream buffers and approximately 123 cubic yards of uncompensated fill in the floodplain.
Harrison Turner, presenting for Metro Parks, said the project runs between the north side of Interstate 440 and adjacent neighborhoods, crosses at Craig Lane, and will tie into Battlefield Park. "We are requesting uncompensated fill, to be able to put in a pedestrian bridge...and retaining walls and stream buffers along 440,"…
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