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Is anyone aware of, and could share, the time line for the Tannery Dam/Juniata Lake project?  

I feel badly for anyone who has a wedding scheduled at the Country Club while that body of water is reduced to a disgusting mud puddle for the duration of whatever is happening.  

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I’m not sure if we have any upcoming weddings or not but I do know we are super busy soon for some reason? But it does look quite the mess and hopefully it doesn’t take too long and they aren’t going to be blocking the entire parking lot 

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Drive up to Sabula Dam and see what the DEP has reduced it to, a giant stagnant swamp getting overgrown with weeds.  The group that maintained the dam for years was in the process of fixing it twice and got shut down twice even with permits!  I would like to know exactly why they will not let the dam be repaired.

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On 8/28/2024 at 10:05 PM, busrolls36 said:

Wonder what the people that live by sabula dam think since from what I was told years ago that they owned it and nobody was allowed to go fishing or anything there? 

They do own it but not the water that flows through it.  That's the same for Tannery Dam.  I like that name better because it denotes the actual history of the dam.  Juniata?  Sounds fluffy instead of real.

Even though the water is publicly owned (by the government) the land around it is legally insured by the owners around it.  They are responsible for the safety of humans who get into it.

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On 8/28/2024 at 8:33 AM, disgruntled said:

Is anyone aware of, and could share, the time line for the Tannery Dam/Juniata Lake project?  

I feel badly for anyone who has a wedding scheduled at the Country Club while that body of water is reduced to a disgusting mud puddle for the duration of whatever is happening.  

Looked it up on the web and the local paper had this article the other day

DuBOIS – The City of DuBois, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), began to slowly lower Juniata Lake approximately 4’ on Monday, Aug. 26, to allow PennDOT to make repairs on the stone outlet structure under 1st Street. Once lowered, work will begin on Sept. 3 and is anticipated to be completed in approximately one week.

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and connect FM had basically the same article

DUBOIS – Crews will begin working today to lower the water level of Juniata Lake to begin important bank work Monday.

PennDOT and the City of DuBois will drain the lake by approximately four inches over the next week.

Starting September 3rd crews will begin to make repairs on the stone outlet structure under first street.

Once construction begins, crews expect work to be completed in a week.

 

 

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Yeah I did see where they were redoing the wall but will the entire road need blocked off by the entrance to the church as well as the comfort suites? I just want to be prepared for anything when I go to work next week 

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On 8/28/2024 at 5:47 PM, Petee said:

Drive up to Sabula Dam and see what the DEP has reduced it to, a giant stagnant swamp getting overgrown with weeds.  The group that maintained the dam for years was in the process of fixing it twice and got shut down twice even with permits!  I would like to know exactly why they will not let the dam be repaired.

I was recently wondering what is up with that place, it looks awful and those poor houses with docks. I'd be so  mad to move in and have it drained later. 

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On 9/3/2024 at 11:21 AM, momtothree said:

I was recently wondering what is up with that place, it looks awful and those poor houses with docks. I'd be so  mad to move in and have it drained later. 

They are very frustrated.  The problem is the DEP.  No one knows what to do or when they will be allowed to do the work and refill the dam.

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On 8/31/2024 at 11:49 PM, Pappy said:

 

Looked it up on the web and the local paper had this article the other day

DuBOIS – The City of DuBois, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), began to slowly lower Juniata Lake approximately 4’ on Monday, Aug. 26, to allow PennDOT to make repairs on the stone outlet structure under 1st Street. Once lowered, work will begin on Sept. 3 and is anticipated to be completed in approximately one week.

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and connect FM had basically the same article

DUBOIS – Crews will begin working today to lower the water level of Juniata Lake to begin important bank work Monday.

PennDOT and the City of DuBois will drain the lake by approximately four inches over the next week.

Starting September 3rd crews will begin to make repairs on the stone outlet structure under first street.

Once construction begins, crews expect work to be completed in a week.

 

 

I think they lowered it (Tannery) by more than four inches--looks like even more than 4 feet.    

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On 9/6/2024 at 11:35 PM, Petee said:

They are very frustrated.  The problem is the DEP.  No one knows what to do or when they will be allowed to do the work and refill the dam.

Apparently they finally got permission to do some kind of work at Sabula Dam so maybe it will be fixed before winter.  Yeah!

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