People have been so anxious for the dredging under the two marinas in Detroit Lake to begin that they assumed construction was starting this fall.
And this is a year when people are allowed to keep their boats at Kane’s Marina and Detroit Lake Marina into September, much longer than the past couple years.
The reality is the construction of the project, which will move 162,000 cubic yards of dirt from under the marinas and create a peninsula , is expected to start during the fall of 2025 after more than a decade of planning.
The Marion County Commissioners on Wednesday voted to accept $2 million from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development through its Community Project Funding Program.
It’s another step forward toward extending the recreation season in Detroit .
“I think this has been a long time coming project,” Marion County Commissioner Kevin Cameron said. “It’s still a long time out there.”
When will the excavation project start at Detroit Lake?
The first phase of the project, which included developing the design and figuring out what to do with the excavated dirt, was completed last year.