The improvements formed part of the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) projects for Cranberry, required by the state Department of Environmental Protection, Santoro explained.

To know that it’s a safe environment for them, and they can get to it very quickly and safely get down into the water is awesome, and it’s very good to see the natural part being such an important part to the playground.” That creek very much interests a lot of the kids who go to the park,” Manipole said. Township Supervisor Mike Manipole praised the project for making the stream more accessible. “Now, knock on wood, hopefully, it should be much better.” “It was getting pretty bad there for a little while,” he said.

Smoothing out some of the turns in the stream and adding pools and “riffles” to the stream bed helps to slow the velocity of the water, he said. “They straightened it out somewhat and trimmed the banks, and put matting down, then they put the boulders in place and seeded it. “We save a lot of money by doing it in-house,” he said. Frank Murcko of Cranberry Township Public Works explained the improvements would help the stream flow more directly. The stream, which flows across the park and behind the playground, overflowed its banks at times, especially in heavy rain, and some trees along the bank were hanging over the edge due to erosion. They did an outstanding job in making those improvements,” Santoro said. “Recently, we worked through our Public Works department and did a project in-house on the stream bank restoration in Community Park. The project itself was completed about three weeks ago, said Dan Santoro, township manager. CRANBERRY TWP - The stream that winds its way through the Cranberry Community Park should flow easier moving forward, thanks to a recent Cranberry Township Public Works and Engineering stream bank improvement project.Ī video detailing the work done on the stream was presented at a Cranberry Township board of supervisors meeting on Thursday.

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