Yet another C'land delay

[BeeNix]

The C.O.E. issued another news release recently, the new time frame for dam repair completion is early 2014, hopefully in time for the Spring rains I personally think they're going to milk this cow as long as she has milk! They could have built a NEW dam already and prolly cheaper

[billius]

It surely seems as if they've been working on that for a long time.

[artcarney_agr]

You can't get too mad about it, what they are doing is like restoring an old used boat...you don't really know how bad it is until you start into it.

I also highly doubt a new dam would have been cheaper...you couldn't even build a new dam like that one thanks to all of the environmental restrictions, etc. - those costs alone are astronomical.

[BeeNix]

Local paper reported at the very beginning, before the lake was dropped, the the Corp had a huge decision to make: repair the existing dam or build a new one 1/2 mile away. At that time they said the final cost would be virtually the same. They never expected it to take this long.............

[Les Young]

I know I'll be glad when it's done for sure. I'm not nearly as consistent when it comes to catching Smallmouth as I was before.

[Dan21XRS]

They should have built new. The Corp has been repairing the dam since it was practically new. You watch in 30yrs the Corp will have to start a new series of repairs... Dan

[MikeKz]

Yup, crazy at all the funds being thrown at this bandaid. I really like this lake. Dale proved pretty good for me, since LC was flooded most of the spring - but it's another 1+ hours to DH.

[BeeNix]

Sunday's paper said they are 55% complete, without any unforeseen delays they expect to be done by Dec. 2013 give or take 2 months.......Spring rains should bring it back up quickly.