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Marion Street Project Adds Greenspace
The Marion Street Bioretention project will add greenspace, provide safety improvements and a beautification enhancement in addition to the stormwater quality benefit. The City of Columbia and its contractor are in the process of designing bioretention cells to improve the stormwater quality in the Smith Branch Watershed and to remove impervious area from this highly urban watershed. Project improvements will occur along Marion Street from Elmwood Street to Laurel Street and are anticipated to begin in mid-2024 and end in late 2025. The purpose of this project is to improve the existing stormwater quality that drains into Smith Branch and upgrade the drainage infrastructure along Marion Street.
Columbia Water is especially excited to share a recent grant award from the SC Office of Resiliency (SCOR) to fund the construction of this project. This grant program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will provide almost $1.3 Million towards the construction of this project. The City will fund the design and permitting through its stormwater CIP fund.
A similar bioretention cell technique is nearing construction completion in the Benedict/Edgewood neighborhood and is pictured above. Columbia Water is pleased to bring these stormwater features to our City streets.
You can also watch a video about the Benedict/Edgewood neighborhood bio-rentention project here:
