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and east-west through Wayne and
Oakland counties, including Maybury
State Park and Hines Drive. He added
that the construction of two 5-acre
bioswales and the floodplain pond
were designed to help reduce down-
stream flooding in Wayne County com-
munities all the way to Dearborn and
the Detroit River.
Wayne County CEO Warren Evans
helped celebrate the opening of the
new park and said a partnership of the
city, the state, the county and the devel- COO of Hunter Pasteur. be linked to the new Oakland County
oper were key to success of the project. He said work planned for the next Nine Mile pathway project and that
"Collaboration is really the new cur- two years includes completing two additional parking and drainage
rency," Evans said. additional sections of riverwalk north improvements are planned along with
"This is a generational asset for the of the park, with partners like DTE $1.6 million in development of better
city of Northville," said Seth Herkowitz, and SEMCOG. He said the park would park access.