Overflowing Stream Banks
Stream Dynamics
After a storm in 2018, 200 feet of paved trail closed due to unsafe conditions.

During significant storm events, Herring Run overflows its streambanks and impacts park land. A steel anchor wall was erected to support the streambank and the paved trail was restored.  

While this particular fix has held, the force of the water coming down stream from lack of appropriate storm water management has washed the bank out just past the anchor wall. As of Sept 2026, no repair has yet been made, and a section of the 

 
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 Photo: Patricia Dowd, 2018