Runoff entering the Charles R. Wood environmental park on the south side of West Brook Road in Lake George.
You may have seen a story in The Post-Star newspaper this morning (http://bit.ly/1ClYkoU) that construction of some of the infrastructure at the Charles R. Wood Park in the Village of Lake George has been slowed because of the cold winter weather.
The Charles R. Wood Park is being constructed on the former Gaslight Village property. It is the northern section of the West Brook property that was purchased by a consortium of non-profits (including the Lake George Association) and local governments in order to solve some long-term storm-water and pollution problems for Lake George.
While work has slowed on the north side, the state-of-the-art environmental park that was designed and constructed on the south side of West Brook Road is up and working, treating storm-water runoff from Route 9 and surrounding properties.
The park was built to treat millions of gallons of storm-water (by removing nutrients and sediment before the water gets to the Lake) and protect Lake George water. As the snow melts, it is ready to handle the runoff as winter melts into spring.