Third Street Dam
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HURON – Placing large boulders below the Third Street dam would eliminate the deadly undertow while having a minimal impact on the James River water surface level, engineers with a Sioux Falls company said Thursday.
Stockwell Engineers has been retained to develop a James River Recreation Master Plan, and one of the first elements is to improve access to the river near the dam.
An “islands of the river” design theme as proposed will incorporate Crown Park, Memorial Park and Riverside Park in the plan.
About two dozen people attended an open house where engineers presented the Third Street dam proposal and answered questions.
Stockwell President Jon Brown said the dam is a small element of the master plan, but an important one.
“We had to understand what was happening on the river before we could come up with improvements up and down,” he said.
This early study phase is being funded by the city of Huron and the James River Water Development District.