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USACE BWT LAKES PROJECT TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE LOCK 8 PARK FOR REPAIRS

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - MOBILE DISTRICT
Published Oct. 11, 2019

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Black Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes Project will close access to Lock 8 Park at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, for maintenance operations.

“It’s necessary to close this area due to repairs surrounding the boat ramp,” said Jason Cassity, assistant manager at BWT Demopolis Site Office. “We will still provide water access at Jennings Ferry Campground and Finches Ferry.”

Repairs will begin the morning of Oct. 22 and will continue through Oct. 24. The park will reopen for public use on Friday, Oct. 25 at 8:00 a.m.

For more information, contact the BWT Lakes Project’s Demopolis Site Office at 334-289-3540 or bwthelp@usace.army.mil.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Black Warrior-Tombigbee Project is home to six beautiful lakes across Western Alabama, stretching from the headwaters near Birmingham, south through Tuscaloosa and Demopolis to the southernmost Mobile District Corps facility located below Coffeeville. The lakes – Bankhead, Holt, Oliver, Warrior, Demopolis, and Coffeeville – are part of the larger Black Warrior & Tombigbee Waterway system which serves commercial navigation, as well as providing hydropower and recreational activities, including boating, fishing, and camping.  Learn more about the BWT Lakes Project: https://go.usa.gov/xVd9m.

Visit www.sam.usace.army.mil and click Mobile District Recreation to find the nearest USACE Mobile District-managed lake project. Go to www.corpslakes.us to locate any USACE recreation site in the U.S.

 

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Release no. 19-040