Radnor Wins Awards for Flood Reduction Project
Radnor Township and Meliora Design recently received the Public Projects Award and Audience Choice Award for “South Devon Area Flood Reduction: Revitalizing a Wooded Wetland Preserve in Radnor” at the first Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects & Innovation Showcase hosted by the Sustainable Business Network.
The Township engaged Meliora Design to find solutions to reduce urban flooding and improve stormwater. Urban flooding is worsening as rainfall increases with climate change. The resilient (flexible and adaptable to change) design also improved the Friends of Radnor Trail Park and created a wooded wetland system along Radnor Trail while supporting the Township’s separate storm water system (MS4) goals.
This $4 million project received nearly $1 million in construction funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener Plus Grant program and the National Fish and Wildlife Watershed Conservation Fund. The balance of the project was funded by the Radnor Township Stormwater Fund.
Construction of a project of this magnitude requires team effort led by the Radnor Township Board of Commissioners commitment to stormwater management and environmental stewardship. Congratulations to Stephen F. Norcini, PE, Township Engineer; Dennis Capella, Township Engineering Project Manager; John Rockwell Hosbach, Township Arborist; Michael Busch, Meliora Design; Quality Control Inspections, Incorporated; Tammy Cohen, Parks & Recreation Director; and MECO Construction, Incorporated.