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Project team outlines plan to modify Chrissy Lake Dam; council hears concerns about access, flooding and timeline
Summary
The Palm Day River Association and engineering team presented a revised plan to cut the existing dam, add rock rapids and restore a channel footprint, lowering water south of Highway 10 by about 4–5 feet, adding fishing access and reusing dredged material; staff said hydraulic modeling and coordination with a planned bridge replacement are next steps.
Project leads from the Palm Day River Association and consulting engineers outlined a revised alternative to the Chrissy Lake Dam that would lower water south of Highway 10, add engineered rock rapids at the existing dam location and restore a historic river channel alignment.
Sophia Verusa, the watershed coordinator, said the team heard about 60 people at an open house on March 6 and had returned to address landowner concerns. Eric Jones (engineering) described the preferred alternative: cut down parts of the existing dam, place rock to form rapids and create a pool between the dam and the highway. The change would drop the south-side reservoir level roughly four to five feet…
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