One Month Later & Signs of Progress: The Aftermath Behind Acorn Court in Kingston Springs Part III
One month later, a temporary pumping station is in place and working properly behind Acorn Court. Photo courtesy of Kingston Springs Mayor, John McLeroy
Kingston Springs Mayor John McLeroy visited Acorn Court in Kingston Springs on June 01 and provided photos of progress being made to repair the temporary pumping station and clear the spring-fed creek known by locals as ‘muddy branch’. Massive debris dams have trapped pools of stagnant sewage leaked by a pumping station severely damaged in the flood a month earlier.
Photo courtesy of Kingston Springs Mayor, John McLeroy. June 01, 2010 heavy machinery begins to clear the massive debris dams clogging the little tributary known to locals as "muddy branch". Fallen trees and household refuse trapped pools of stagnant sewage created by a pumping station severely damaged in the flood. The flow of water has been blocked for a month.
Acorn Court resident Robert Hall reports on the progress behind his home in what he is calling ‘The Muddy Branch Project’.
A crew started work yesterday clearing the side creek next to the sewer pump. This is their legal access for servicing the pump. They also began clearing the main creek corridor in the vicinity of the sewer pump. It looks like they are moving all of the downed trees away from the creek and piling them next to the trees that were not affected by the flood. These trees shade our back yard and block the view of the devastation below.
One month after the flood, the massive clean-up behind Acorn Court in Kingston Springs has begun. Heavy machinery work to clear hundreds of fallen trees and massive debris dams created when the Harpeth River changed course and cut through the town of Kingston Springs carrying houses away and destroying natural habitat in the area. Photo courtesy of Kingston Springs Mayor, John McLeroy.
Terry Hall added, “We’re pleased with how things are going so far. It makes us feel not so alone.”
Updates to follow.
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