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Friends of Broadway Lake

Our purpose is...

to improve, protect, and preserve Broadway Lake and the surrounding area thru safety, and environmental health.

to foster community health and partnership among residents and visitors of Broadway lake.

Thanks to District #2 Council woman Gracie Floyd for making the motion to allocate $100K from her district's road maintenance budget ($250k) to repair the large flood control gate at Broadway Lake. Anderson County Council voted unanimously for the $100,000 project. FBL board members Courtney Strickland, Bill Michie, and I attended the Tuesday council meeting on 4-7-09 where we saw a presentation from county engineer Judy Shalato outlining the damage and expected repair cost.
Unfortunately the timeline for the repairs is projected to leave the lake at minimum level until July 31. This is a conservative estimate. While this is not the best of news for our summer, it is great news that we will have the damage repaired. The timeline is realistic based on a like kind replacement of the existing 30' gate. The old gate is damaged beyond reasonable repair. This means that the existing metals will not be used due to age and liability.

The council was concerned also over maintaining the lake safe during the recreational season at this lowered level and will charge the Public Safety department to evaluate any needed warning signage or markers in shallow or hazardous areas. The county will bid out the job which will take the remainder of this month to complete. The lake level will remain at the winter level we just experienced (~5.5 feet below full pond). This level is dictated by the level of the base of the spillway. The lake level may fluctuate somewhat based on rainfall. If we have large amounts of rain, the level will rise...remember we will not have full relief capability with the flood gate being repaired. This is one main reason the lake must remain at low level during the repair period. CAUTION: If we have large rainfall...the lake will rise...be prepared.

It is not expected to exceed normal full pond, but nature controls this ultimately. During the repair period, some sort of sand bag or routing device will be placed in front of the flood gate to dry up the work area. The small gate will remain open to route the water. Engineers are planning to make improvements to the walls on each side of the flood gate to eliminate the problems from uneven surfaces. The gate initially bound upon raising on March 29 which initiated the event by breaking an already weakened cable. Additional damage occurred as the gate fell quickly to its base and twisted as metal bracing gave way. I will have the powerpoint presentation used tonight posted on the FBL website when I receive it from the county and will keep you updated as I get information.

I remember a summer years ago with minimum level due to spillway repairs...it passed quickly...this one will too. This is a small sacrifice now to return Broadway Lake to full operation. Thanks again to Gracie and the entire County Council for moving quickly and unanimously to repair Broadway Lake.
John
 

The cable on the north side of the large 30 foot flood control gate broke during operation Sunday. When this happened the gate twisted due to weakened supports. As it twisted due to the downward weight of the gate, it also turned which allowed water to flow underneath the gate as well as on the southern side of the gate. This rendered sealing of the gate impossible...the lake began lowering as a result.
As of this afternoon/tonight the small gate has been opened fully to lower the lake for additional inspection by the county and to allow county engineers to develop a repair strategy. The photos were taken at 7pm this evening [3/31] with the lake about 4 feet down so the severity of the gate damage is not fully visible.

**NEW for 2009**

REAL ESTATE ON BROADWAY LAKE!

Visit our new web page just for real estate listings around the lake. It includes houses, lots, and properties associated with Pine Lake Golf Course that are near, but not adjoining the lake.

Listings are posted by FBL as a service to the public with no intent to act as agents of the property owners or realors. The contact numbers are from signs publicly posted. Please call the people or agents listed for official information. For Sale By Owner (FSBO) listings are provided as a service to members of FBL. ENJOY!!

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