Today Four Lakes Task Force (FLTF), the Delegated Authority for restoring the four lakes and dams in Midland and Gladwin counties, announced the Schedule for suspending restoration construction work in the coming months on Secord, Smallwood, Edenville and Sanford dams, and that the start of Edenville Dam’s final phase of construction will be delayed.
All Four Dams Under Construction
The Sanford Dam permit for restoration construction was approved Thursday, October 26th, by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. The construction crews are mobilizing and work is expected to start this week. The project team at Secord is preparing to install deep foundation elements at Secord Dam in the form of micropiles. These micropiles will consist of a steel pipe, grout and reinforcing steel bars.
Four Lakes Task Force has engaged a specialty contractor to install a soil-cement-bentonite (SCB) wall as a cutoff wall through the center of the existing earthen embankment at Edenville Dam.
We've reached the final steps in acquiring the permit for Sanford Dam. The next steps are to get approval of the stream mitigation plan from EGLE (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy). We responded to comments received during the public comment period and submitted them to EGLE.
We are likely to receive the permit in September based on EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) final review. Four Lakes Task Force received construction bids from two qualified contractors in late April, as communicated in May ("Sanford Construction Bids Higher than Expected").
We believe the bids were higher than expected and therefore both have now been rejected. After the bids, FLTF requested qualifications from construction managers to consult in pre-bidding tasks, including repackaging the work into smaller divisions and perhaps performing construction management. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Water Resources Division
(WRD), has posted the following notice to the MiEnviro Portal home page. To make comments and view documents please click here. A public hearing will occur on July 5, 2023, at 6:00 PM via webinar. You can register here. |
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