Creek Cleanup More Complicated Than Planned

Administrator says silt buildup under bridges is too high for equipment to get under.

A project to desilt Hatfield Creek may cost more than township officials originally thought as the high level of silt underneath two bridges would prevent township-owned machinery from completing the work. "We didn't anticipate the silt buildup to be as high as it is and our equipment can't fit under there," Township Administrator Victor Canning told township committee members on Nov. 27. The township started the first phase of the project in the summer, which included desilting and debris removal near Parkway and Walnut Drives, under which the bridges are located. In the second phase, silt and debris were to be removed from a 500-foot stretch of the stream between Rennes Street and Cambray Road. Once the Rockaway River (also included in a…

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