02-21-2017, 04:39 PM
[#0000FF]As Sam stated in his reply, he is still waiting for a lot of answers as well. And he has promised to forward any new definitive updates he gets.
My understanding is that they are going to erect a coffer dam around the entrance to the harbor and then pump out the trapped water. That will allow them to bring in heavy excavation equipment when the mud is dry enough. Then they will scoop out all of the bottom sediments, rocks and trash...down to a prescribed depth. That will include all the inside of the harbor and the channel. Not sure how far out they will dredge the channel.
Also, to my knowledge there has been no mention of deepening the river channel out into the lake. It could definitely use some more depth, especially during low water years like this past one. But because the Junie huggers are already trying to re-establish a shallow "delta" outflow of the Provo River I'm doubtful there will be much emphasis placed on channelizing the river outlet.
I first received info on the proposed dredging of the harbor about last April. Supposedly it was all approved and funded...and they even had a contractor secured. And it would have been good timing...to do the dredging while the water was too low for boats anyway. But politics/bureaucracy or plain old stupid/bad luck slid in and derailed the project...and time limits expired. So back to the refunding and re selecting a contractor process.
Now the harbor will be closed during the first really good water year in a long time. It would have been preferable to do the work during the winter, but this is Utah. Cain't do nuttin' 'til it warms up in the spring. And with the Junies figgerin' into the time schedule...well, that's how it is.
To err is human. But it takes gummint to really screw things up.
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My understanding is that they are going to erect a coffer dam around the entrance to the harbor and then pump out the trapped water. That will allow them to bring in heavy excavation equipment when the mud is dry enough. Then they will scoop out all of the bottom sediments, rocks and trash...down to a prescribed depth. That will include all the inside of the harbor and the channel. Not sure how far out they will dredge the channel.
Also, to my knowledge there has been no mention of deepening the river channel out into the lake. It could definitely use some more depth, especially during low water years like this past one. But because the Junie huggers are already trying to re-establish a shallow "delta" outflow of the Provo River I'm doubtful there will be much emphasis placed on channelizing the river outlet.
I first received info on the proposed dredging of the harbor about last April. Supposedly it was all approved and funded...and they even had a contractor secured. And it would have been good timing...to do the dredging while the water was too low for boats anyway. But politics/bureaucracy or plain old stupid/bad luck slid in and derailed the project...and time limits expired. So back to the refunding and re selecting a contractor process.
Now the harbor will be closed during the first really good water year in a long time. It would have been preferable to do the work during the winter, but this is Utah. Cain't do nuttin' 'til it warms up in the spring. And with the Junies figgerin' into the time schedule...well, that's how it is.
To err is human. But it takes gummint to really screw things up.
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