The single largest public works project since Lake Decatur was built has reached its midway point.
The $91 million dredging of the lake, which started in 2014, remains on track to be completed in 2020, city officials said. About 55 percent of the material that is expected to be removed from the bottom of the lake has been taken out, Department of Water Management director Keith Alexander said during an update at the Dec. 5 city council meeting.
“We have more clarity about what it’s going to take for the rest of the project,” City Manager Tim Gleason said. “Most of the heavy lifting was on the front end of the project.”
Progress is being made toward the goal of adding the equivalent of 60 Willis Towers into the lake’s capacity as contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has led work on the project, Alexander said. The project started with a lake capacity equaling 202 Willis Towers, he said.