The sun returned on Thursday and a handful of people were taking in a pleasant afternoon at East Cobb Park as the area starts to dry out from a major storm.
But parts of the park were damaged by the heavy rains and flooding from the adjacent Sewell Mill Creek, and repairs are getting underway.
According to Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt, most of the mulch in the main playground is gone, there are “multiple washouts” around the stage and pavilion area in the back of the park, a slate walking trail “was washed out badly” and there was serious erosion to the creek banks and Roswell Road bridge.
That’s been cordoned off, as seen below; a slice of the front quad closest to the creek is a muddy mess. Cavitt said the county is in touch with the stormwater and DOT offices about the erosion along the creek banks.
He also said new mulch will be sprayed in Thursday night “and we will hopefully be able to open part of East Cobb Park tomorrow. Some parts will stay closed for up to a week for repair.”
The East Cobb area got between 4-5 inches of rain late Tuesday and early Wednesday, as flooding shut down more than a dozen roads (including Columns Drive near the Chattahoochee River).
That was the heaviest amount of rain in Cobb, and the storm did more damage to east, in north Fulton and parts of Gwinnett County.
On the back side of East Cobb Park are ball fields along Robinson Road that’s part of Fullers Creek, and Cavitt said those fields remain closed due to flooding and should reopen by Saturday.
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