The Department of Public Works has designed improvements to a tributary of Long Draught Branch that runs through Diamond Farm Park. The project’s goal is to stabilize the banks & decrease erosion along 2,200 linear feet of stream. The project extends from the playground & court area downstream to the tributary’s confluence with Long Draught Branch behind the Robertson Park Youth Center.
A structure and Year 1 landscape inspections took place in April 2023. The inspection consisted of assessing all installed in-stream structures, bank erosion, health of the existing installed landscape plan, and non-native invasive vegetation. Year 1 post-construction monitoring activities will continue through the remainder of 2023, implement a non-native invasive eradication plan, and reseed bare spots throughout the project area. The next landscape inspection will take place later this year in Fall 2023. The walking trail at Diamond Farms Park continues to be open and accessible to the community. The fencing around the three staging areas has been removed.
Courtesy of the City of Gaithersburg