$646K Grant To Stabilize Gully Threatening Local Neighborhood

August 28, 2018

Escambia County will use a grant to stabilize a gully that is threatening homes and property in local neighborhood.

The $646,930 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Program Grant will be used to stabilize the Motley Court Clear Creek Gully, which begins at the end of Motley Court north of East 10 Mile Road.

The drainage way is located within a 30-foot right of way starting at the north end of Motley Court and extending about 1,700 feet to Clear Creek. An open ditch has eroded into a meandering gully, ranging from 10 to 40 feet wide, 3-20 feet deep and extending to University of West Florida property.

At one location along the gullet an almost vertical slope has been identified adjacent to a property owner’s privacy fence on Crooked Oak Drive. Should this gully be left unattended, Escambia County officials said damage to private properties, homes and and continued degradation of eroded sediment in Clear Creek is eminent.

Escambia County has awarded a $75,265 contract to HDR Engineering, Inc. for design services for the project.



Comments

4 Responses to “$646K Grant To Stabilize Gully Threatening Local Neighborhood”

  1. 429SCJ on August 29th, 2018 7:58 am

    @Nick, just turn a few goats or cows loose on it.

  2. Nick on August 28th, 2018 12:07 pm

    429SCJ? Are you saying Kudzu is the answer, Kudzu is not the answer. It already swallowed most of the south and is still heading north with global warming. I am glad that the USDA is monitoring things like this for our county and property owners. Though I am saddened that there funding was cut last year.

  3. chris on August 28th, 2018 10:55 am

    Would the gully repair workers be called a Motley Crew?

  4. 429SCJ on August 28th, 2018 7:18 am

    Kudzu

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