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Highlands board approves engineering and permitting for Mirror Lake dredging plan
Summary
The Town of Highlands directed engineers to proceed with design and permitting for a phased dredging plan focused on open-water dredging and Mill Creek channel work, using a $5 million state grant; further wetland work and full restoration would require additional permitting and funds.
The Highlands Town Board of Commissioners voted April 17 to proceed with final engineering and permitting for a phased dredging plan for Mirror Lake, directing the town’s consultant to begin design work that will allow the town to bid Phase 2 work later this year.
The vote followed a lengthy presentation and public discussion about the lake’s history, water‑quality goals and the grant funding that made the project possible. The town received a $5,000,000 appropriation for Mirror Lake dredging; board members and consultants emphasized that state grant funds cover part of the work and that more extensive restoration would require additional permitting and substantially more money.
Why it matters: Mirror Lake is part of Highlands’ drinking‑water watershed. Town leaders said dredging is intended primarily to improve water quality and water‑supply reliability, not to reopen the lake for broad new recreational uses. The board’s action authorizes designers to pursue permits and prepare bid documents for the engineered…
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