Flooding Causes "Minimal Damage" to Woodstock's Olde Rope Mill Park

While Woodstock's Olde Rope Mill Park remains closed to the public, city officials are regularly assessing the potential water damage to the area.

As of Monday morning, the damage looks to have been minor.

"At this time there is minimal damage," Woodstock Parks and Recreation Director Preston Pooser told Patch. "It will be at least two days after the water goes down so we can pressure wash and blow debris off the concrete portion of the trail."

Pooser is referring to the Trestle Rock Trail, which runs roughly about a half-mile alongside Little River.

The river, which runs directly through the park, overflowed its bank around noon on Sunday, which forced the city to close the park. 

The Taylor Randahl Memorial Mountain Bike Trails at the park also remained closed to the public, but Pooser said those trails "should be fine."

When asked when the city could re-open the park, City Manager Jeff Moon noted the city is "really at the (U.S. Army) Corps of Engineers' mercy as to how fast they release water from (Lake) Allatoona."

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