The towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro will begin a restoration project on the degraded tributary of Bolin Creek that flows through Carrboro’s Baldwin Park and adjoining properties in the two communities.
Construction will reshape about 480 feet of the channel, improve floodplain efficiency, reduce bank slopes and re-create riffle and pool habitats within the stream.
The work is the first of two stream restoration projects to improve water quality and habitat in Bolin Creek. The project is funded by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 319 grant.