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Buckeye Lake Dam Project Completed

Ohio Public Radio

The replacement for the earthen Buckeye Lake dam that had deteriorated to the point where authorities had said it was at risk ofcatastrophic failure has officially opened.  

Reconstruction was deemed necessary after a report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers showed the nearly 200-year-old earthen dam was at risk of failing. Governor John Kasich  and other elected officials attended the ribbon cutting for the new 4.1-mile structure on Thursday.   Kasich had approved 150 million dollar in funding for the reconstruction. Officials said Thursday that the project was completed two years earlier than anticipated and came in at a cost of about 107 million dollars. Authorities concluded several hundred homes, docks and other structures built into the original dam had weakened it.
 

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