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MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — As high water levels cause problems along the lakeshore, one Muskegon park that has been troubled by flooding for years is largely dry, allowing restoration efforts to move forward this summer.
A temporary dam is keeping the Muskegon River from inundating Veteran’s Memorial Park, though there is still some flooding at the north end.
Once dubbed “Michigan’s Most Beautiful Mile,” the park had been in rough shape for some time.
“As a veteran, this is a special place and it should be beautiful,” said Paul DeLong, a U.S. Navy veteran who, along with his father, is named on plaques at the park. “When this was flooded, I was angry. … It should be kept up.”
At the core of the problems, according to Matthew Farrar of Muskegon County Public Works, were “poor water quality, invasive plants that blocked views and many dead and declining tees.”
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