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City wins DOE NRDA grants for Bissell and Solway park restorations

Oak Ridge City Council · January 20, 2026
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Summary

The city was awarded two projects through a DOE natural-resources damages assessment fund: a $3.6M Bissell Park project (grant $2.88M, city match $720K) to daylight a culverted creek and add greenway bridges and trail upgrades, and a $3.325M Solway Park project (grant $2.6M, match $650K) to renovate boat-ramp parking, replace docks, add accessible launches and improve habitat; TDEC will administer contracts and design procurement will follow.

Parks staff announced two successful grant awards under a Department of Energy natural-resources damages assessment (NRDA) program, totaling roughly $6.88 million for Bissell Park and Solway Park improvements.

John Hetrick said the DOE-established $42 million fund released a first round of $10 million and Oak Ridge applied for and secured two projects: a $3.6 million project at Bissell Park with $2.88 million in grant funding and a…

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