Bayou Chico News
Mahogany Mill Boat Ramp
State and local officials gathered at the new Mahogany Mill Boat Ramp on June 25 to cut the ribbon on Florida's first major construction project to be funded with money from the Natural Resources Damage Assessment funded by BP PLC in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The previously abandoned industrial site was transformed into a three-lane boat ramp, complete with plenty of parking, green space filled with native plants and porous concrete paving to prevent run-off issues in Pensacola Bay.
The boat ramp also marks the reversal of a poor environmental legacy at that location. The Mahogany Mill received shipments of the namesake wood from Central America, which it processed at the rate of 400,000 board feet per month.
Crews had to deal with hazardous waste and other mill equipment left behind when they began construction on the park. The renovated area is now a 2.32-acre park, located next to Harbor View Marina and just off of Fla. 292, and Old Barrancas Ave.
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