Boat Ramp Closed on Union Lake Cedar Island Lake Pontiac Lake

[davetclown]

I went to go out and hit the water today, on my way I made a side trip to see what if any thing was going on at union lake.

my asumptions was right, the work being done is to repair damage due to power loading of boats.

only the repair was far more extencive than I could have ever emagined.

included in this reply is photos of stockpiled materials and equipment being compiled together to do this repair job. "repair job means complete replacement of the loading ramp.[pirate]
[center][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6789/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url] [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6787/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url] [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6790/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url][/center] [center][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6788/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url] [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6792/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url] [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6791/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url][/center] [center] [/center] [center]as you can see in the last photo the old ramp is completly removed. in the second to the last photo is more materials comeing in as I was leaving.[/center] [center] [/center] [left]now, if we were to take in to concideration the extent of the damage, we could sumize that an entire new site could have been developed with these materials.[/left] [left] [/left] [left]talking to the enginears here I also found out that there will be two more launces shut down for ramp repairs, Cedar Island Lake and Pontiac Lake.[/left] [left] [/left] [left]I am glad to see the sites being repaired, but it would have been better if these materials could have been used to develop new launch sites like alderman lake proud lake and several other lakes with less than desireable accomidations for launching.[/left] [left] [/left] [left]there is a reason for making it against the law to power load boats, I dont what to be a snitch. I would rather see boaters using those thousand to fifteen hundred pound wenches to bring their boats up on their trailers. the boats are designed to be pulled at that point. it can handle it, if it cant it cant handle running across the lake...[/left] [left] [/left] [left]so please concider these photos and the cost that was diverted from developing new sites to repairing sites that were years before needing repair if it werent for power loading...[/left]
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