After an E&LP volunteer event at Rosedale Lake in Mercer Meadows to mitigate the harmful algal blooms (HABs), the team had a barbecue at the park pavilion. Here we celebrated the day’s efforts and also the work of E&LP engineers including Matthew Connors, Kelley O’Such, and Johnatan Zuluaga who posed with the Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge in Mercer Meadows Excellence in Design Award given by the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association (NJRPA) in 2021 for the Multi Use Facility (Community Recreation Centers, Senior Centers, Walking Paths, etc.) Category. We thank NJRPA for their valuable work and recognition of the longest pedestrian bridge in New Jersey.
E&LP is always excited to work on parks and recreation projects that improve the quality of life for so many as well as the health of the ecosystem, and we are thrilled about the outdoor opportunities provided by the Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge, which is within “one of the most beautiful parks in the northeast … [and] a favorite destination of the many fans of the LHT [Lawrence Hopewell Trail].”[1] E&LP has partnered with many groups to improve social and ecological resilience by designing green infrastructure shaped through community engagement.[2] Our design provided a cost-effective method to link the Lawrence Hopewell Trail in a sensitive ecology while enabling a method to safely access remote public lands.
[1] https://patch.com/new-jersey/lawrenceville/lawrence-hopewell-pennington-makr-opening-stony-brook-bridge
[2] https://elp-inc.com/northwest-resiliency-video/
Mercer County Press Release: Mercer Meadows Pedestrian Bridge Receives Excellence in Design Award
E&LP engineers, Matthew Connors, Kelley O’Such, and Johnatan Zuluaga pose with the Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge in Mercer Meadows Excellence in Design Award from the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association in front of the bridge.
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