City to finish dredging creek at park

  • With daily high temperatures hovering over 100 degrees, Freestone County continues to deal with very dry conditions. No water remains in the pond at the City of Fairfield park. The bridge crossing over the pond is currently closed as well. A burn ban remains in effect for Freestone County. Area volunteer fire departments continue to make daily calls for grass fires in the area. Photo by Mitchell Pate/The Fairfield Recorder
    With daily high temperatures hovering over 100 degrees, Freestone County continues to deal with very dry conditions. No water remains in the pond at the City of Fairfield park. The bridge crossing over the pond is currently closed as well. A burn ban remains in effect for Freestone County. Area volunteer fire departments continue to make daily calls for grass fires in the area. Photo by Mitchell Pate/The Fairfield Recorder
  • Fairfield Public Works Director Clyde Woods gives City Council members, at their July 26 meeting, details about needed repairs to one of the city’s clarifiers and also the need for a new clarifier in next fiscal year’s budget. Photo by Roxanne Thompson/Fairfield Recorder
    Fairfield Public Works Director Clyde Woods gives City Council members, at their July 26 meeting, details about needed repairs to one of the city’s clarifiers and also the need for a new clarifier in next fiscal year’s budget. Photo by Roxanne Thompson/Fairfield Recorder
The creek at Fairfield’s City Park will soon be cleared of obstructions and the sides shaped to make them less steep. Fairfield City Council at its Tuesday, July 26, meeting made arrangements to have the work done and also approved buying needed parts to repair one of its clarifiers; authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with a company to begin the process of reconfiguring the new…

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