Good News For Buckeye Lake

Officials are ready to provide an update on work to replace a deteriorated dam at Buckeye Lake and it looks like the news will be good. Area residents and businesses have been waiting to learn whether the water might be raised to a level more conductive to boating and that is expected to be announced Thursday morning at 10:30 during a news conference. The 4.1 mile dam is nearly 180 years old and was weakened by several hundred homes, docks and other stuctures built into it. The U.S, Army Corps of Engineers concluded the dam was at risk of failing, and the state has kept the water level low as precaution. Workers have built a stability berm along the water. Officials previously said once that is done, the water level might be raised while the new dam structure is built.