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State OKs Release of $1.3M for Buckeye Lake Dam Project
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A panel that oversees state spending has approved the release of $1.3 million for design work and other pre-construction activities involving plans to replace a deteriorated central Ohio dam.
The state Controlling Board recently approved the release for the Buckeye Lake dam rehabilitation project.
Buckeye Lake’s 4.1-mile earthen dam is nearly 180 years old. Several hundred homes, docks and other structures built into it have weakened it. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded the dam was at risk of failing.
The earthen dam received interim safety improvements. Work scheduled to begin in March includes replacing it with a new dam.
State officials say they’ll let water levels rise so boating can resume during construction.
The project is scheduled to be completed in 2019.