Politics & Government
Plymouth Receives Critical Habitat Program Grant
It will help with water quality improvement through pervious pavement installation in the city.
It's called the "400 Project," in Plymouth.
It reduces existing impervious surfaces in parking lots and increases infiltration through porous pavement and reinforced turf technology.
The Hennepin County Board recently approved a request for seven Natural Resources Incentives for Critical Habitat (NRICH) program grants for 2013 and the 400 Project was one of them.
The grants will provide funds for best management practices that will reduce nutrient loads and protect water quality in Hennepin County. These grants will help establish 31 rain gardens, 210 feet of stream bank stabilization, one bio-filtration basin, 20 to 40 acres of pervious pavement and one iron filtration pond outlet
system.
The NRICH grants will leverage $416,775 in Clean Water Legacy Fund grants, and $189,863 from local in-kind and cash match.
(Information provided by a Hennepin County press release.)
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