After receiving a dam assessment for the pond on town-owned property off Legion Road, Chapel Hill says it plans to convert the area into a constructed wetland. In a memo sent to Town of Chapel Hill staff on May 31, the Durham-based engineering consultant Tetra Tech shared its report reviewing options for addressing safety issues with the three-acre Legion Pond’s dam, as the local government prepares to develop the land at 1714 Legion Road. Based on how reduced the pond would need to be to meet North Carolina-set safety standards, the group recommended building a wetland area as a smaller water feature — which Chapel Hill Town Manager Chris Blue said his staff will pursue. Tetra Tech’s assessment came just more than one year after an initial report of the site done by Garrett & Moore, which determined the dam is classified as a “high hazard” to the surrounding area because of its poor condition. The engineers told the town council members that the stream flowing south from the pond pr...