ROAD/DAM REPAIR UPDATES

May 16, 2026

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The past few weeks have seen a flurry of repair-related activity at the lake. First, there was the small yellow boat surveying and mapping the lake bottom. Then, on April 22, a crew from ECS spent several days drilling core samples to analyze the dam's current makeup. Ted Bartlett, President of Alpha & Omega Group (A&O), reports the following other accomplishments:
 

• The Jurisdictional Determination / Hazard Classification of the dam has been completed and submitted to Dam Safety on May 4th

• The Bathymetric (underwater) Survey has been completed and delivered to A&O.

• Utility owners have been contacted, and coordination with those companies has begun. It was determined that no utilities run underground across the dam.

• The hydrologic and hydraulic analysis has been completed, which should yield preliminary design ideas for improved spillway design by the end of May.

• Geotechnical investigation was completed on May 5th and should be delivered to A&O on May 22nd.

   

We now enter a period of reduced activity at the site as the engineers use the collected information to develop the design for the new dam and its construction plans. The creation of those plans will likely take the bulk of the summer, and the overall project schedule calls for their submission to the state for approval by mid-August.  Once the state approves the plans, which could take until November, A&O can create final construction documents, and we can begin soliciting construction bids. Current estimates show construction scheduled to begin in February and be completed in July of 2027. 

 

Stay tuned for more updates next month.