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Botetourt supervisors approve up to $100,000 to study removal of Orchard Lake dam; service‑district option to be researched
Summary
The Board of Supervisors authorized up to $100,000 in matching funds for a Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) grant to fund engineering study and design for breaching Orchard Lake dam and asked county attorneys to return with options to form a service district to repay costs.
Botetourt County supervisors voted unanimously May 20 to authorize up to $100,000 from the county’s undesignated fund balance as the local match for a Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) grant to fund engineering studies and design work related to Orchard Lake Dam.
The money is intended to pay for the first phase of work to evaluate breaching the dam, draining the lake and remediating the lakebed. County staff said the full construction cost to remove the structure was preliminarily estimated at about $1 million, and the stage‑one engineering estimate cited was approximately $160,000; the board’s action covers up to half of the engineering cost, with a not‑to‑exceed cap set at $100,000.
“This item is a little bit more complicated. I’ll try to make it as simple, and and brief as I can,” said David Mormon, the county staff…
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