The University of Toledo will use a new $897,557 award from the Great Lakes Commission to finish restoring a section of Swan Creek on university land north of the University of Toledo Medical Center, moving the project from engineering and design into full construction this month, UToledo announced.
The award is a subrecipient agreement with the Great Lakes Commission funded through its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, UToledo said in its release. It brings total funding for the Swan Creek work to more than $1.2 million, following a 2023 award of more than $242,000 that paid for the project’s first phase.
Crews are expected to begin work in mid-November by clearing trees and building an access route to reach 1,700 linear feet of the creek. The route crosses property owned by neighboring ALRO Steel, whose willingness to grant the university access was essential to making the project possible, UToledo said. The construction itself is expected to take six to eight weeks, weather permitting…