Construction is proceeding on Phase II of the Mill Race Restoration Project. The contractor is cutting the low flow channel and excavating the remaining pond areas. Once grading is complete, topsoil will be placed and native vegetation planted this fall.
All aerial imagery courtesy of RaptorViews: Philip Bayles, psb@efn.org
Aerial photo of the low flow channel being excavated.
View of Phase II earthwork looking west. The Booth-Kelly site is in the top left of the photo. Downtown Springfield is in the top right of the photo.
View of the site looking east.
The remote-controlled plane used to capture the aerial imagery. The camera is mounted on the front of the plane (above and in front of the wheels). The battery packs (blue) are directly below the camera.
An excavator cuts the low flow channel.
- An excavator loads an off-road dump truck with soil cut from the low flow channel.
