Last year Wolverine Worldwide made considerable progress implementing an EGLE-approved Work Plan to construct 27 acres of engineered caps at our House Street property. For details on the work completed last year, please see our prior blog posts here, here, and here.
Our primary contractor, RECON, is now back onsite to complete the work. From now through early summer they will be conducting earthwork, including placing finish topsoil over the engineered caps in preparation for final grass planting. After that, and based on weather conditions, they will determine timing over the summer for seeding and planting the long-term vegetation specified in the Work Plan.
The rendering below shows locations and examples of the types of vegetation being planted, including photos of what the different planting areas are expected to look like once they are established. Note that while seeding and planting will be completed this year, it may take up to two growing seasons for the vegetation to become mature and well-established.
We will again be performing air monitoring across the property during earthwork activities. The air monitoring equipment was set up in mid-March and has already been collecting background readings. Air monitoring will continue during construction work and additional air monitoring summaries will be posted in the documents section of this blog as they were last year.
We look forward to completing the work at our House Street property this year, and we will continue to use this blog to keep the community informed as it progresses. Residents with questions are encouraged to contact us directly at HouseStreet@wwwinc.com or (616) 866-5627.