Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Mother Nature has delayed some of the work on the city's earthen dam, but N. Berkeley Lake Road is now open to traffic.
Berkeley Lake's saga which began in September 2009 after record-breaking rainfall damaged the city's 65-year-old earthen dam, is nearly at an end. The repairs to the dam are almost complete except for installation of the sod that will cover the dam reported Mayor Lois Salter in her note to citizens dated Feb. 22, 2013. "We had expected to be completely finished by now but the rains have not allowed any span of dry days sufficient for us to install the centipede sod that would protect from erosion ..." she said. She said a decision was made to temporarily cover the dam in erosion control matting until late April or May when the weather improves. The good news, is that N. Berkeley Lake Road, which had been closed since March 2012, has …
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
The project is to be funded by the 2009 SPLOST program. Work on new walkways will coincide with the city's dam repair project.
On Tuesday the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners announced it had approved a contract for the construction of a pedestrian safety project for the City of Berkeley Lake which includes sidewalks, curb, gutter and other improvements to several of the city's major roads. The road improvements will be made to North Berkeley Lake Road west of Lakeshore Drive to Bush Road according to a press release from the county. “This project ties together a network of pedestrian facilities to enhance the quality of life in this part of the county,” said Gwinnett DOT Director Kim Conroy. The installation of the new sidewalks will be completed in conjunction with the city's dam reconstruction project and "will run continuously from Peachtree Industrial …
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
July rains had caused delays in construction but contractor back on target.
The City of Berkeley Lake is undergoing $3.6 million major repairs to its dam and road renovations to North Berkeley Lake Road, a main thoroughfare through the community. The dam was damaged in the historic September 2009 rainfall that caused severe damage to the 64-year-old earthen dam that runs along side North Berkeley Lake Road. The city's mayor, Lois Salter, reports that the repairs to the dam and road are on schedule despite a set back caused by a number of rainy days in July. "I'm happy to report that although they [the contractors] had unavoidably gotten somewhat behind a few weeks ago, they have worked very hard to catch up and are now again on schedule ..." Salter said, "The contractor has brought the select fill material up to …
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