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Council advances Goose Creek pollution-reduction plan amid debate over 'bump outs' and maintenance
Summary
Council received a 3–0 recommendation to adopt a Goose Creek pollution-reduction plan; councilors debated the value and maintenance burden of right-of-way 'bump outs' used in the plan and staff described volunteer maintenance programs and regulatory drivers under DEP.
The public works committee presented a Goose Creek pollution-reduction plan on Dec. 16 that the committee recommended by a 3–0 vote.
Committee Chair Bernie Flynn summarized the plan as a series of stormwater-management measures across the southeast watershed that route runoff into bump-out rain gardens and other small-scale features designed to slow runoff and capture sediment before it enters storm drains. “The Goose Creek pollution reduction is…
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