Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir Board Selects Eastern Site For Future Boat Ramp And Pier

The Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir Management Board is focusing its attention on a site on the east of the reservoir rather than one more centrally located as it moves forward with planning for recreational facilities at the reservoir.

The Board made the decision to focus on the eastern site at its meeting on Aug. 19, and the members of the Board’s Recreation Committee have been reviewing a draft concept plan for the site in the weeks following that meeting.

The selected site, just east of the second, more eastern bridge on Social Circle Fairplay Road, would include a 30-foot-wide double boat ramp, a parking lot, a restroom facility, and a fishing pier. It also could include walking trails.

Total cost for development of the recreation site, including grading, paving, signage, provision of water, a septic system and gates, would be an estimated $985,000.

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Pictured: Project Manager Jimmy Parker at Aug. 19 meeting.