Croton water plant to be built on Bronx park land.The City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. last week with the State that allows the city to move forward with the construction of a water filtration plant for the Croton croton, in botany croton (krō`tən), any of several species of Codiaeum that are widely cultivated as ornamentals and houseplants. The most popular species is C. Water Supply System under the Mosholu Golf Course in Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park is a large urban park in The Bronx, New York. It has an area of 1,146 acres (4.6 km²), making it the third largest park in New York City, behind Pelham Bay Park and Flushing Meadows Park. It is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. . As part of the agreement, more than $220 million generated from water and sewer revenue will be spent on improvements to Bronx Parks over the next five years. The Bronx parks projects were identified after years of input from the community, and were finalized over the past year with the help of community groups, elected officials and Bronx residents. Collaboratively, the Parks Department focused on projects that would be a challenge to fund through the capital budget. The projects fall into five categories and include improving neighborhood parks Neighborhood parks, which generally range in size up to 30 acres, serve as a social and recreational focal points for neighborhoods and are the basic units of a park system. Many include a playground. , renovating regional recreation facilities, developing the Bronx Greenway, improving and expanding access to the Bronx waterfront, building and "greening" the borough. More than 20 neighborhood parks and playgrounds will be renovated with new play equipment, comfort stations, seating areas, fencing and landscaping. Regional recreation facilities, including ballfields, running tracks and tennis courts will be reconstructed or built throughout the borough. The Parade Grounds at Van Cortlandt Park will be reconstructed with new athletic fields, sod and drainage. Playgrounds, a track field, senior area and skate park will be reconstructed at Williamsbridge Oval Park. Waterfront parks will be developed along the Long Island Sound, East River and Harlem River. New waterfront space, including a Greenway link, will be developed at Pelham Bay Park Pelham Bay Park, located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of The Bronx, is at 2,764 acres (11 km²) the largest public park in New York City, more than three times the size of Manhattan's Central Park. , and environmental work will include the restoration of lagoons and salt marshes at Pugsley Creek Park and Soundview Park. Major sections of the Bronx Greenway, including the Hutchinson, Bronx River and Soundview to Ferry Point sections, will be completed. Work will include the restoration of existing parkland--including improving pathways and public access to parks and the waterfront--as well as transforming underutilized property into new parkland in areas with little open space. Anew pedestrian bridge over the Bronx River Parkway The Bronx River Parkway is a 19.12 mile (0 km) long parkway in downstate New York. It is named for the nearby Bronx River, which it parallels. and Bronx River will connect Shoelace Park and Muskrat muskrat, North American aquatic rodent. The common muskrats, species of the genus Ondatra, are sometimes called by their Native American name, musquash. Cove. |
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