EATON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Excavation is nearly complete on Lorain County’s Gerber-Becket Stream and Wetland Restoration project, designed to reduce neighborhood flooding, improve water quality flowing into Lake Erie and create vital habitats for migratory birds and native wildlife.

The nearly 60-acre project will create more than 25 acres of wetland and floodplain habitat -- making it the largest stream and wetland restoration project in the county’s history, according to a news release.

Project work will also add nearly 100 acre-feet of flood storage capacity and will allow nutrients and sediment in floodwater to be filtered and floodwater to be detained prior to reaching downstream receiving waters and ultimately Lake Erie.

The wetlands are anticipated to be optimal habitat for reptiles

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