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A project spearheaded by the Maryland Port
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Innovations in Stormwater Management.
Given by the Maryland Department of the Environment, the
award lauds the MPA for a bio-retention area created at the
Polytechnic Institute, part of the MPA’s schoolyard greening
program.
The project at Poly replaced pavement with trees, flowers
and shrubs planted on a soil substructure designed to capture
and absorb stormwater that washes off the parking lot of the
school, which is located near the Jones Falls. The bio-reten-
tion area naturally filters pollutants such as phosphorus and
nitrogen and reduces erosion of stream banks and wetlands.
Because the Port of Baltimore’s commercial activities
require many impervious surfaces such as buildings, roads
and parking areas, the MPA developed its schoolyard greening
program as a creative way to offset the environmental impact
of the Port’s operations. To date, the MPA has converted more
than eight acres of blacktop into green space at nine city
schools.
Open House at
Cox Creek
T he Maryland Port
Administration (MPA)
hosted a community
open house at the Cox Creek
dredged material containment
facility in October to further
public understanding about
the site.
Visitors learned about the
history of the site, which is
located off Fort Smallwood
Road, and took tours on the dike
road to understand the dredging
process and how it’s monitored.
They saw a demonstration on
reusing dredged materials and
had a chance to explore the adja-
cent Swan Creek wetland, which
has been restored. The event
included hands-on activities
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