The plan called for the construction of storm water interceptor (a large pipe) to collect runoff from numerous individual outfalls along the east side of the river from Lake George north to Division Street. The interceptor would discharge into a series of ponds created within the area that is now Lake George to improve the thermal and chemical conditions of the runoff before discharging it back into the river. The multi-million-dollar concept did not move forward due to a lack of funding and unsuccessful attempts to secure grant funding.
The Lake George Restoration Plan represented an idea for improving Lake George and discharging colder water to Lake Louise without removing the Junction Falls dam. Why didn’t the project move forward?
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- How would the land reclaimed around Lake George and Lake Louise be used?
- How will the City account for sediment that is stirred up so that it doesn’t pollute downstream?
- Is Lake George providing storm water management capabilities to the Kinni currently? Or is the sediment too high currently to provide such benefits?
- What costs will we need to incur for future maintenance to the dams? What state are they in, what repairs and needed and when? How much will they cost and who is responsible for paying for them?
- The Lake George Restoration Plan represented an idea for improving Lake George and discharging colder water to Lake Louise without removing the Junction Falls dam. Why didn’t the project move forward?
- Who owns the land under the mill ponds?
- Will removal of Lake George and Lake Louise impact the trout food chain (less mayfly hatch and other food sources)?
- Will removal of Lake George and Lake Louise impact the trout food chain (less mayfly hatch and other food sources)?
- I heard that 35 years ago, a company, Volrath, put mercury in Lake George – what has happened to this mercury?
- How would replacing Lake George and Lake Louise with 1,000 feet of additional river improve either the trout systems or hotel room stays over and above the nature experiences that are already here?
