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Long-term dredging at Hague beach seen as large undertaking; board cites LWRP process
Summary
Board members and staff discussed dredging options for the boat launch and Peggy's Point, with a preliminary estimate described as roughly 5,000 tandem truckloads of material and the Lake George Association proposing a phased review tied to the town’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP).
Chair addressed community inquiries about beach and boat-launch dredging and said consultants and county staff had advised that dredging certain areas could be a major, costly undertaking. He described a rough, back-of-envelope calculation that dredging Peggy's Point could require "somewhere in the neighborhood of around 5,000 tandem truckloads" of material, and noted that sustained benefit without upstream fixes would likely be limited.
The board acknowledged that long-term action would likely depend on completing an LWRP and coordinating with organizations including the Lake George Association. Chair said the association had put some planned dredging on hold pending reevaluation and advised town officials that any durable solution would require studying upland sources of sediment and staged interventions rather than one-time dredging.
