MUSKEGON, Mich. - One of the most asked questions during the public tour of upgrades at Veterans Memorial Park was when the bright orange construction fence will be removed.
Concerned citizens learned the fence that lines the shore of the park's ponds will come down after thousands of new native plants are established.
Project managers say the construction fence is still needed to protect those young plants from geese and other animals.
Some of the federally funded work at the park started in 2014.
In about two weeks workers will return to the park to begin post-construction restoration.
A big part of the project was reconnecting the parks' ponds to the Muskegon River. That was done to improve water quality in the ponds and also means water levels in the ponds will match the Muskegon river.
Currently some sections of the park's walkways are under water because the water in the river is high. Workers still need to raise some sections of sidewalk.
At Tuesday's public tour of the restoration project around 100 community members learned non-native plants that had become overgrown were removed.
The project is expected to completely finish in late August or early September.
The process of lining the walkway with 4,000 American flags on special holidays will resume after the project is completed.
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