Army Corp of Engineers recommends permanently draining Buckeye Lake

[MaxBuck]

My parents live on BL and my mom was sick about it yesterday from what I heard. She's coming up today so I'm sure I'll hear all about it tonight. They really need to find a way to bring the water up enough for boats to at least use the lake while they make repairs. A couple feet below normal would probably be enough for pontoon boats. Just limit the speed on that end to 10 MPH. That way it would hurt for 3-5 years, but shouldn't put anyone out of business. What about the people that winterize their boats in the dock? Their boats are just stuck out there until it's fixed?

The whole point is that it's unlikely to be "fixed." Repairing the dam so that it's safe would cost nearly a billion dollars, and Buckeye Lake ain't worth that much.

 

[Dryden]

Repairing the dam so that it's safe would cost nearly a billion dollars, and Buckeye Lake ain't worth that much.

Somebody's parents didn't take them to Weldon's as a kid, huh?

 

[AKAK]

The whole point is that it's unlikely to be "fixed." Repairing the dam so that it's safe would cost nearly a billion dollars, and Buckeye Lake ain't worth that much.

Actually amortized over 100 years, I'm sure it is.

Having said all that, this is (likely needed) gamesmanship by the DNR/Army Corps. A lot of the pushback is from the homes that have dockage on the north shore, one of the solutions is a structure inside the existing bank that would make them no longer be waterfront property owners per se. This is the nuclear option more or less and the state wants (and ultimately needs) to take back the property that the eventual dam would be on. So, now its "well if you don't like it, there's not gonna be a lake so fuck you" but, its reality. They've slow played this for 40 years, something has to give...

 

[MaxBuck]

Somebody's parents didn't take them to Weldon's as a kid, huh?

I spent a lot of time on Buckeye Lake as a kid. Still miss the Wild Mouse.

 

[ScriptOhio]

The whole point is that it's unlikely to be "fixed." Repairing the dam so that it's safe would cost nearly a billion dollars, and Buckeye Lake ain't worth that much.

Re: Officials estimate that a new dam will cost $50 million.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/sto...any-at-buckeye-lake-wont-welcome-new-dam.html

Odd that back in 2012 it was only $50M for a new dam.

 

[OH10]

It was like a funeral in Licking County yesterday for property owners near BL. Quite depressing.

 

[AKAK]

It was like a funeral in Licking County yesterday for property owners near BL. Quite depressing.

Better "like" a funeral than a bunch of actual ones. Its all very unfortunate for sure though.

 

[Steve19]

None. I would have stubbed my toe on any of those things.

But you missed Jimmy Hoffa in there, didn't you?

 

[Mike80]

Hope they find a way to fix it, but I wouldn't bet against it being drained eventually.

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/videos/news/local/2015/03/19/25025337/

 

[Dryden]

My guess is it stays at a level low enough for pontoons only for three to four years while they build a new wall 20' in and back fill back to the old dam. Put a bike/hiking trail over top of the new work and let the homeowners on the north side find someplace else to moor their boats.