Simsbury's Muddy Mess: What's Going On At This Local Park?

SIMSBURY, CT — While Simsbury Public Works Department employees have spent much of their summer playing in the mud at one local park, they're not playing.

There's a method to the DPW's muddy madness that is ongoing at Town Forest Park at 86 Town Forest Road.

Tuesday, the town updated folks about just what they're doing there.

According to the DPW, the pond has been drained to facilitate a rehabilitation of the site, which, when operating as normal, serves as a mall beach area for swimming.

But, according to the DPW, the pond lately has "been choked by sediments," turning the point into more of a mud pit than a clean, enjoyable swimming hole.

That's where the DPW comes in.

"The bottom of the pond has been dug up to prevent the pond from being choked by sediments," wrote the DPW on Tuesday.

"Materials have been removed and deposited along the banks, where they are drying before being trucked off-site."

While this might not look too sightly now, the mud will eventually dry out and be shipped away as fill.

" These efforts will ultimately improve water quality, returning the pond to a cleaner, healthier body of water that will be suitable for recreational activities," wrote the Simsbury DPW.

It's hoped the project will be done by September of this year.