CONSTRUCTION

Flood mitigation project underway at Golden Eagle Park in Fountain Hills

Slow progress, but finish line in sight

Fountain Hills Public Works Director Justin Weldy surveys work being done to expand the drainage channel for Ashbrook Wash through Golden Eagle Park. A new flood wall along the sidewalk is one of the improvements.

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A construction worker is preparing to install a decorative railing along a new bridged culvert across Bristol Wash in Golden Eagle Park.

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A new flood control basin will act to slow water flow through the park, and it is also designed to promote groundwater recharge.

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Workers are constructing a new sidewalk between a ballfield and the beach volleyball courts at Golden Eagle Park.

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Contractor B4 Enterprises is closing in on the finish line for the multi-million-dollar flood control project at Golden Eagle Park.

The contractor began work in January and there are still five to six weeks of work to do in the first phase of construction, according to Town of Fountain Hills Public Works Director Justin Weldy.

When residents are able to return to their usual walk around the park routines later this summer or early fall, they will find a lot of changes to the walkways.

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