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Demarest Kill County Park To Close For Dam Repair
The 75-year-old structure must be rebuilt, and the almost $6 million project is expected to take months.
NEW CITY, NY —Starting Tuesday, the Demarest Kill County Park will be closed while the 75-year-old dam is rebuilt.
The Rockland County Drainage Agency is overseeing the $5.7 million project to bring the dam in Zebrowski-Morahan Demarest Kill County Park up to modern safety standards.
There's a lot of work to be done. It will include removal and replacement of the spillway, leveling and filling the dam crest, vegetation removal, installation of a steel sheet pile wall with tie backs in the existing embankment, removal of the existing masonry wall at the downstream embankment, installation of a cast-in-place concrete wall on the downstream embankment, installation of pre-cast box culvert, and installation of a straight drop stilling basin with rip-rap stone at the base of the culvert, according to the August description in Construction Journal.
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The entire park, including the parking lot off New Hempstead Road, will be closed starting Jan. 3 and remain closed for an extended period.
County officials hope the park might reopen in the summer.
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