DREDGING PERMIT FOR OUTLET CANAL GETS 2-YEAR EXTENSION

(Dec. 22, 2021)--Eighteen percent more rain this year than normal prompted the Duane Lake Association to seek an extension for its DEC-approved canal-dredging project.  The original application called for the work to be done in late summer of 2021, when outflow is at a minimum and least likely to send loose dirt downstream. 

    Scraping two inches off the bottom of the canal was seen as necessary to help protect the dam and shoreline from high-ice damage. The stretch of canal bottom shown above sits about 14 inches higher than the spillway constructed in the 1950s by NY State to govern the level of lake water.

    The application to extend the permit period was approved today.

    Work is now expected to be done in late summer of 2022. 

 

 


 




 

 

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