Decatur approves plan to redirect Legacy Park path away from unmarked burial sites

The City of Decatur commissioners approved a proposal on Monday to redesign and redirect a multi-use path in Legacy Park away from unmarked burial sites.

WSB Tonight at 11 p.m. previously reported on the discovery made during construction on May 6. Crews struck a historical burial vault while grading near the park’s north entrance off South Columbia Drive.

“It was a brick vault about a foot deep, four feet long, two feet wide, and two feet deep,” Cara Scharer, Decatur’s Assistant City Manager of Public Works previously told Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers.

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