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Council approves $170,000 study application for Moore’s Creek Dam; staff to seek 50% reimbursable grant
Summary
The Lexington City Council approved a roughly $170,000 engineering and geotechnical study of Moore’s Creek Dam and authorized staff to submit a 50 percent reimbursable grant application to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The Lexington City Council approved moving forward with an engineering study of Moore’s Creek Dam and directed staff to submit an application for a competitive, 50 percent reimbursable state grant to fund roughly half of the study’s estimated $170,000 cost.
Council members and staff stressed that the study is an assessment only — it will document materials, slope stability and potential failure scenarios, and it may recommend further engineering or remediation work. The study does not itself repair the dam or guarantee any additional funding for repairs.
City staff said they have submitted the grant application to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and that DCR staff have already completed initial internal checks. Patrick Madigan and other staff described the scope: geotechnical…
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