Final repair work on Gavins Point Dam from flooding in 2011 should wrap up later this month.
Extremely heavy releases in the early summer of 2011 caused damage to the dam and downstream areas.
Dave Becker, Operations Manager for the Corp of Engineers at Gavins Point says they should be done this month…
Becker says they had a number of projects included in the repairs…
Becker says there was more damage to the dam then was initially thought…
The dam released water at a rate of over one hundred fifty thousand cubic feet per second for about six weeks in the summer of 2011.
