McTaggarts Pond Dam Alternatives Analysis has been completed.
We have two feasible options: Remove the Dam or Rehabilitate and Maintain the Dam.
Option 1: Dam Rehabilitation
Cost: $3.4M plus about $7k per year annually for operation and maintenance.
Option 2: Removing of the Dam
Basic Removal: $1.39M
Complete Removal: $2M
Unlikely but a Possibility of Active Sediment Management needed: $861k
What are your thoughts?
McTaggarts on the Public Works Committee 2.25.2020: the vote was 4-1 to give leave to withdraw at the Public Works Committee; Schultz, Fleming, Van Hazinga & Beauchemin voted to give Leave to Withdraw (basically vote against the petition), Couture voted against giving it leave to withdraw (essentially voting in favor of repairing the dam)
Photo by Marcel Trembley
McTaggarts Abutters