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Residents and trustees urge careful study of Levittsburg Dam removal; commissioners call for lower temperature and a written plan
Summary
Several Warren Township residents, trustees and Metro Parks critics urged the Board of Trumbull County Commissioners to reconsider or slow removal of the Levittsburg Dam, and asked for more written alternatives from Metro Parks and state agencies; Metro Parks' removal plan and related studies were central to extended public comment.
Residents and elected township trustees pressed the Board of Trumbull County Commissioners during public comment to reconsider or delay removal of the Levittsburg Dam and to seek clearer, written alternatives from Metro Parks and state regulators.
Multiple speakers from Warren Township — including Faye Smith, Nancy Ritz and trustee Kaye Anderson — urged the commissioners to account for localized flooding risk, sediment contamination and long recovery timelines described in Metro Parks documents and Army Corps draft materials. Speakers cited concerns that releasing sediments could raise waterborne contaminants downstream and that bank stability and property…
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