Rainwater-absorbing lot designed to curb runoff

The new lot will have a drainage system that will absorb storm water and cut down on the amount of runoff into a nearby lake.
The work is part of a federally funded project aimed at improving water quality in the small Iroquois Lake in the southeast part of the park.
The Olmsted Conservancy received a $1.4 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to cover most of the work at Iroquois and some similar work to help Willow Pond at Cherokee Park. The money was secured by former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup while she was in Congress.
The expanded amphitheater parking lot at Iroquois is expected to be complete by early summer. The Cherokee project will be complete later this spring when the final native plants are added.

Story and photo By Charlie White • cwhite@courier-journal.com via Kentuckiana.com
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