Lake Livingston Dam Repair Progressing Rapidly

Livingston - The repair of Lake Livingston Dam is over 50 percent complete and progressing rapidly.

This is a direct result of the excellent weather conditions for the contractor and a well organized and managed construction crew. Trinity River Authority has successfully completed a number of large projects with Archer Western Contractors, the Arlington based firm that is doing the massive repair.  TRA authorized the contractor to begin work on January 6, 2006.

Because everything is subject to change, particularly the weather, TRA is still forecasting that the repair will be completed on the contractor’s original schedule of June 15 for substantial completion and July 25 for full completion. Achieving substantial completion will allow TRA to begin raising the lake to its normal level of 131 feet MSL.

On September 23, 2005, winds on the back side of Hurricane Rita produced waves that stripped the riprap or large stone upstream slope protection from approximately 11,000 linear feet of the approximately 13,700 linear foot long earthen embankment. To date TRA’s contractor has replaced 6,875 linear feet of bedding material and riprap.

This work to date has involved hauling and placing approximately 38,000 tons of 32-inch rock and 7,000 tons of 8-inch rock bedding material. Archer Western Contractors has established an effective work plan that makes placement of the rock match the pace of delivery. In one day, a record 92 trucks traveled from the quarry in Navarro County near Corsicana to where they unload next to the construction site on the dam.

For more information contact John Jadrosich or Debbie Bronson at (817) 467-4343