The City of Stoughton is providing notice of a planned temporary drawdown of the Yahara River for construction of the River Park Trail Underpass Project.
According to an Oct. 22 city news release, the project includes removing contaminated material from the river and the upland area downstream of the Fourth Street bridge. It will also create a multi-use path that passes beneath the bridge, providing a safer route for pedestrians, shoreline stabilization, and fill the former headrace and tailrace that served the now unused Powerhouse.
The drawdown is limited to the stretch of the Yahara River between the Stoughton Dam and the Lake Kegonsa locks, and Lake Kegonsa’s water level will not be affected by this drawdown.The project will not remove or modify the existing Fourth Street Dam…