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Town: $589,000 dredging project will clear underwater weeds and boost reservoir capacity
Summary
Staff outlined a dredging project budgeted at approximately $589,000 to remove underwater vegetation and increase reservoir capacity to nearly 120 million gallons on a 33-acre site; the work is weather-dependent and will use mechanical cutting and bio-bag containment.
The manager described a reservoir dredging project budgeted at about $589,000 designed to reduce underwater vegetation and expand water-storage capacity. Staff said the work uses a pontoon-mounted cutting and suction setup that places material into bio-bags for later landscaping and disposal.
"$589,000 reduce about 30% of the underground weeds that will increase the capacity to nearly full 120 millons of freshwater Source on a 33 acre plot of land," the Town Manager said, emphasizing the weather-dependent nature of the work. Staff said they will publicize the work (including a planned livestream) and thanked elected officials who helped secure funding; the board heard no opposition during the report and no vote was required at this meeting.
