Gorge Dam Update

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From WKSU 89,7, Plan Unveiled to Bring Down the Gorge Dam by 2023:

“Officials presented the plan with a timeline to a crowd at the Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium Tuesday night. If all goes as expected, the Gorge Dam could come down by 2023 at an estimated cost of $65 million to $70 million.

The Ohio EPA and U.S. EPA have signed a cooperative project agreement, and a remedial design is in progress to remove the sediment and dismantle the 20-foot-wide, 60-foot-tall dam.”

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