A Living Legacy
The dredging team is projecting to be completed no later than Monday October 23rd. The crane is scheduled for the 24th to remove the dredging unit from the lake It will take them several days to remove all the pipes.
Please click link to see the last area to be dredged. This area will take 1 day to dredge.
Please click link to view the latest GPS results map.
Dredging is still on pace to finish mid October. They will be moving to the next location on October 5th. Attached is the map of that location. Choctaw Lake Dredge October 5th
Once completed, they will move back south to finish along the inlet by the Old Columbus Rd. bridge.
Thank you all for your patience during the dredging operations.
Hello – Please click on the links below for videos and maps of the dredging operation. We are heading down the home stretch for the current dredging operation. The dredging team is projecting to be completed by the end of October. Completion includes removal of all equipment from the lake and our property. The link titled “Choctaw Lake Dredge Progress 9-15-17” illustrates progress as of September 15th.
I have included a few current state videos of the containment pond. I am fascinated by the process of water/sediment removed through the same water returning to our lake; without all the muck! The containment pond is filling up with sediment from our lake. Please click on the 3 links to see the process of the water returning to our lake. I find them to be interesting. Links titled “Dredging Water Return Video, Dredge video Sept 27, and Dredging Containment Pond, shows the current state and process of the containment pond.
The dredging team will be finishing up the second/current area Saturday, September 16th. On Monday the 18th, the team will move to the next area. Please click on the link below to see this area.
Owners inside of this work space:
You will not be able to access the lake from your boat docks during this time. The daily docks by the lodge playground/Arrowhead are available for you to dock your boats during this time. The boat patrol is aware of this.
Owners South of the work space:
Please note that there will be a section of the pipe that will be submerged. This area is indicated on the attached map. By doing this, there will be access to use your boat docks. They will also set up buoys to create the path for you to use. It will be important to use this “access” area. This will be the only area where the pipe is submerged.
By end of day Saturday, approximately 23,000 cubic yards of sediment will have been removed from the lake during 2017 dredging project.
Dredging operations have begun in the second area. The team shifted east from area 1. ALL boat docks will be accessible during this phase of work. The warning buoys are surrounding the work space. Thank you all for doing your part to keep the work space safe.
An estimated 12,000 cubic yards of sediment has been removed from the lake so far!
Work Space: Area 2
Please note that Saturday dredging will begin on September 16th. Saturday work will continue through completion.