Lake Harrison Project Delayed, Corps of Engineers to be Involved

The Project to remove weir from Lake Harrison and restore Crooked Creek in the downtown area will be delayed.

During last week's Harrison City Council Meeting, Public Works Director Wade Phillips updated the board and announced the project would have a large involvement of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Phillips explained that since the original project that led to the creation of Lake Harrison was for flood control by clearing out brush along Crooked Creek with the lake creation to help with protection of fish habitat. While the City can take out the weir at any time, they just can't plant trees and other vegetation in that area without the Corps since the original project's goal was to remove those items. Phillips said the Corps has a program to accomplish the goal of restoration but it must go through them for the city to get the result they want out of the project.

Phillips added that while this will delay the project at least two years, the good side is that Corps will become the primary funder of the project though the city and the Arkansas Department of Transportation, partners on the current project, will still have some expenses to cover. 

The video from the entire Council Meeting including this discussion can be found on the Hometown Television Facebook Page.