Park Hills Drainageway Improvements Project

In 2021, Ferguson Township staff secured a grant of $200,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Fund, and in April of 2023, another $500,000 was awarded through the Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant offered by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission for projects set forth in the Park Hills Drainageway Project.

The project’s goals are to:

• Maintain stormwater on Township property or within easements
• Eliminate erosion and sediment deposits in the drainage way
• Coordinate improvements with utilities in the drainage way
• Preserve as many existing trees as possible within the project limit

The project team led by NTM Engineering is designing “naturalistic” improvements to this eroded drainage way, being sensitive to the mature tree canopy, nearby residents, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) requirements for working in a “stream,” utility and right of way concerns. 

The project’s key challenges identified by NTM include the site’s:

Project Timeline

Project Updates

Park Hills Drainageway Project Update: Traffic Control on Devonshire Dr. Week of April 15 (April 9, 2024)
Princeton Drive Closure Expected March 6-7 for Sewer Line Work (February 29, 2024)
Park Hills Drainageway Project Update (February 6, 2024)
Park Hills Drainageway Project Set to Begin (December 5, 2023)
Township Awarded Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant (August 25, 2023)

Documents & Resources

• Second Public Hearing Presentation 3/3/2021
• Rendering Sheet 1 - Devonshire to Princeton
• Rendering Sheet 2 - Princeton to Park Hills
• Rendering Sheet 3 - Park Hills to Playground
• Citizens Input Meeting Presentation 1/9/2019 
• Scope of Work, Fee, and Schedule
• Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance Concept