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Hatfield Creek

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Hatfield Creek Cleanup Project Complete

Township hopes to continue flood mitigation work.

Despite some complications at the end of last year, a nearly year-long cleanup project at Hatfield Creek is now complete. Township Administrator Victor Canning reported on the progress of the creek cleanup during the Montville Township Committee's April 2 meeting. "The Hatfield Creek stream-cleaning project is now complete," he said. "Hopefully, we'll continue with the DEP to do the next 500 feet, which will help in that area, hopefully, with some sort of waterflow." The township embarked on the creek cleanup beginning with the first phase of the project in the summer, which included desilting and removing debris near Parkway and Walnut Drives. However, Canning said in December that the silt buildup under two bridges on Parkway and Walnut …

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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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