FERC Meeting
Two weeks from today FERC is coming to Lesterville (7-9 at the school) for its environmental scoping meeting. If you want to read the entire 24 page document go to the FERC web site and click on "project correspondence" on the lower right hand side. Then open the first document. Here are a few items from the document.
The effects of construction on public access to recreational amenities at the
lower reservoir.
The effects of construction on local traffic.
The effects of project construction on visual resources, such as views from
nearby roads, parks, trails, or residences.
The effects on local economy of temporary hiring local workers.
The effects on local businesses and tax revenues of non-local workers’
expenditure of living expenses.
The effects of a large capital investment on the economy in the area.
It is estimated that the final kidney-shaped dam will be approximately 6,400
feet long and approximately 100 feet high and require the placement of approximately 3.0
million cubic yards of RCC.
A point of reference for those of you that have never poured concrete, a regular concrete truck holds 8 cubic yards of concrete. 3 million cubic yards is a lot of concrete.
posted by staff @ 8:40 AM
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To put the last comment in perspective, 3 million cubic yards of concrete is 2/3rds of what was used for the Hoover Dam.
what a dam good perspective... using hoover dam that is! what was the height and length of the old upper reseviour????????
The outline of the new reservoir is supposed to follow the same shape as the old one and the old one was 90 feet deep.
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