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Greenbelt News Review
Greenbelt, Prince George's County, Maryland
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission proposes contributing $34,576.47 for drainage improvements in Greenbelt's valley between Lakewood and Woodland Hills subdivisions to address erosion and flooding. City to fund remaining $12,742.40. Includes paving swales, new culvert on Crescent Rd., and sodded earth channel to Greenbelt Lake. Under Planning Board review for financing.
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A proposal from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to contribute $34,576.47 toward the improvement of drainage in the valley lying between the Lakewood and Woodland Hills subdivisions has been received by the city. Greenbelt would be expected to supply the remaining $12,742.40 of the estimated cost.
Work to be done at the site, which has suffered extensively from erosion and springtime flooding, would include paving of swales, building of a new culvert across Crescent Rd. and conducting of an earth channel with sodded side-slopes between Crescent and the Greenbelt Lake.
The proposal is at present being studied by the Planning Board, who are considering various means of long term financing of the work.
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proposal received by the city and being studied by the planning board for long-term financing.
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A proposal from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to contribute $34,576.47 toward the improvement of drainage in the valley lying between the Lakewood and Woodland Hills subdivisions. Greenbelt would supply the remaining $12,742.40 of the estimated cost. Work includes paving of swales, building of a new culvert across Crescent Rd., and conducting of an earth channel with sodded side-slopes between Crescent and the Greenbelt Lake. The site has suffered extensively from erosion and springtime flooding.