A 6.4-acre wetland park was dedicated in Sandy on Thursday, following seven years of planning and development. The park aims to create a healthier habitat for local waterfowl and improve water quality.
Centennial Park, home of the former wetlands location, was created to offset the environmental impacts of urban development. The new wetlands area, located near Grandpa’s Fish Pond, 947 Shields Lane, is part of a $1.5 million mitigation project that restored the area’s existing five acres of wetland and added more than an acre of new wetland.
Sandy’s former wetland area was a 0.74-acre storm drain detention pond near the Shops at South Town, surrounded by concrete. The detention pond attracted geese and other waterfowl that would cross through the nearby road and parking lot, creating potential driving hazards and endangering the birds…