At a recent meeting, Milford City Council saw the updated Phase I plan for Deep Brancy Park. The $1.4 million cost for Phase I is covered by $1.1 million in grant funding. The balance will be covered by general fund reserves which were previously dedicated for the Marshall Pond project and savings from grant funding for the downtown restroom project.
“Basically, this would involve putting in the entrance, the sub-base, the curb, a parking lot, sidewalk, a stone trail around the perimeter of the property, pond excavation,” Parks & Recreation Director Brad Dennehy said. “Pond excavation, in this terminology is the storm water pond, stabilizing the topsoil, the banks, the pipe out forwards is the runoff from the parking lot into the storm water pond. When we build the road in there, we need to put in a grinder pump and a force main and the water service for potential bathroom landscape buffering, which would be trees around the perimeter, privacy fencing, and the remote operated gate.”
According to Dennehy, the design engineer has been moving forward with the state an dcounty approvals. In addition, the city is seeking Sussex Conservation approval for the storm water design, which means soil boring needed to be completed. An overgrown access would also need to be cleared. Once the approvals are obtained, the city will go out for bids for Phase I and it will be brought back to council for approval before construction begins.
“We have removed all the other potential things that could be built on the site,” Dennehy said. “Including the basketball, pickleball, all of those things have been removed and now it just reflects what Phase I will include.”
The presentation was not for council’s approval, but simply an update on where the project stood.
