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Committee votes to transfer Weeks Crossing Dam to Warren after reconstruction
Summary
The committee approved transferring Weeks Crossing Dam from the state to the town of Warren after reconstruction following a 2017 failure; DES said FEMA covered about 75% of reconstruction costs and the town voted in March 2023 to accept ownership once rebuilt.
The Long Range Capital Planning & Utilization Committee approved the transfer of Weeks Crossing Dam to the town of Warren after state‑led reconstruction following a 2017 flood failure.
Corey Clark, chief engineer at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, told the committee that Weeks Crossing Dam failed on July 1, 2017, during a significant thunderstorm in the Baker River Valley and that the failure overtopped and caused damage to nearby Gould Hill…
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