Dredging Project on Pool 2

  • jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    December 5, 2011 at 1:07 pm #1014552

    Hey Rootski,

    Interesting read. Do you know what they are doing in the channel back into Hog? Any link to that story? Pretty big dredge going on there right now.

    -J.

    Jeff Bennett
    Lake Puckaway Wi.
    Posts: 1180
    December 5, 2011 at 1:10 pm #1014553

    Looks and sounds like a huge project.

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    December 5, 2011 at 1:15 pm #1014554

    Jon I think that might have to do with that sewer upgrade project. It started in IGH, followed along the edge of Hardman Avenue and then crossed the river near the Waterous Plant and I’m assuming from there it would run all the way to the treatment plant up the peninsula between the main channel and Pig’s Eye lake. They built a road through there, Gary R. and I were watching big trucks and earth moving equipment move back and forth back in the woods the other night.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    December 5, 2011 at 1:20 pm #1014556

    That makes sense.

    -J.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    December 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm #1014575

    Thinking this project may have more of an influence on pool 3 anglers with muddy water getting washed down over the dam. May spook all of those hard to get to walleyes up stream!

    -J.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13296
    December 5, 2011 at 2:26 pm #1014585

    Wonder if anyone every tests the sediment that is dredged up off the bottom on these projects? Lots of fun chemicals that have been dumped into the river mixed in that soil sure would make a great beach for the kids to play on. Sure hope they take some of the money for this project and go after the source of the problem on the MN or even upper pool 2.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    December 5, 2011 at 6:07 pm #1014654

    Mike the meeting a couple years ago in Red Wing when they were talking about making it a no wake zone to the dam…yeah, all 6 miles. This was brought up by land owner(s) that were having their beach washed away by (mostly) the pleasure craft.

    One of the alternitives that was brought up was using some of the dredging sand to replace these areas that were being washed away.

    The land owners complained that one of the agencies wouldn’t allow this because of the pollution in the sand. However there was something (I don’t recall) that was made in Red Wing with the sand and that was brought up to the officials that attended.

    The no wake idea was dropped and I haven’t heard boo since.

    My point is that normally the sand isn’t allowed to be used for beaches ect, but where there’s motivation to these agencies…it does happen.

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