Foley will install liter traps on Bon Secour River

Foley will install liter traps on Bon Secour River

The city of Foley will apply for a grant from the Alabama Coastal Management Program on a plan aimed to improve drainage and reduce storm damage along the Bon Secour River.
Foley began working in 2023 to clear debris and improve drainage along the river. Some of the debris cleared from the drainage area had washed into the river after Hurricane Sally struck the Gulf Coast.
Crews will install several additional litter traps along the river in the near future. The traps remove garbage from waterways for disposal or recycling and allow officials to study what kind of debris is being washed into streams. The new plan will also help identify future public works drainage improvements and help in its efforts to receive more funding for future projects. The funding will also pay some of the cost to develop a stormwater management plan for the Bon Secour River.
“A portion of the Beulah Heights area has a stormwater plan,” said Leslie Gahagan, Foley environmental director. “We’re underway with the Magnolia River. We’d like to apply for some funding to start with the Bon Secour River. This would be a stormwater management plan working with our existing infrastructure, seeing where we might have priority projects to fund in the future.”
Flood management plans in other areas of Foley have helped improve drainage and reduce storm damage. In the Beulah Heights community, drainage was improved on Wolf Creek after flooding from heavy rains washed out a portion of South Pecan Street in 2014.