East Cobb Park bridge to Fullers Park to close for construction work

The pedestrian bridge and trail joining East Cobb Park and Fullers Park will be closed temporarily for construction work.

The closure is expected to begin Monday and could last a month, according to information released this week by Cobb County government.

Cobb Parks and Recreation is set to restore and stabilize a portion of Sewell Mill Creek that runs between both parks and that was affected by severe flooding last September.

More recently, spring rains “caused considerable erosion to the stream bank in that area,” according to the department in an item about the project in an e-mail newsletter.

Cobb commissioners recently approved spending $104,500 from new Cobb 2022 SPLOST revenues to complete the project.

Previously, repairs along the Sewell Mill Creek stream bank at the front of East Cobb Park were made to produce a crest protecting the walking path and quad areas.

Grass was planted over Flexamat, which are “small concrete blocks locked together and embedded into high-strength geogrid.”

Flexamat also will be used in the upcoming project, the department said, to “prevent further deterioration of the stream bank and help beautify the area’s natural landscape.”

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