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Libby officials review NRDP-funded plan to convert gravel pile into Flower Creek trailhead parking
Summary
Engineers presented a 90% design to convert a gravel pile near Flower Creek into a parking area sized to protect the city’s source water and capture a 100-year storm; local ski clubs and residents largely supported the proposal while questions remained about long-term maintenance.
Scott Dunkelberger, contract engineer with WWC Engineering, presented the council with a 90% design to convert an existing gravel pile near Flower Creek into a formal parking area serving the Nordic ski trails and recreation users.
Dunkelberger said the project’s primary goal is to "protect the city of Libby’s source water supply at Flower Creek." The design includes watershed analysis that, he said, indicates upstream drainage will not route large storm events through the site. A detention pond cited in the plans is sized to capture the 100-year storm, and the contract will require a SWIP (storm water protection plan) with temporary…
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