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HENRY HAGG LAKE /
SCOGGINS VALLEY PARK
Scoggins Valley Road
gets an upgrade
By Stephen Cruise, Project Manager
Nearly one million people visit
Henry Hagg Lake and Scoggins Valley
Park in southern Washington County
every year. But while the manmade
reservoir is often described as “pristine,”
the five miles of perimeter roads —
Scoggins Valley Road and West Shore
Drive — are not.
Washington County stopped regular maintenance
of the lake’s perimeter roads about 10 years ago. At
that time, agencies were considering raising Scoggins
Dam by as much as 40 feet to meet future water needs.
Doing so would have flooded a significant portion
of the lake’s perimeter roads. Plans to raise the dam
have been significantly scaled back, so it now makes
sense to invest in much-needed road repairs.
About $2.75 million in maintenance and repairs were
completed on the perimeter roads in FY2015–16, said
Stephen Cruise, project manager, Operations
and Maintenance.
“The area is prone to landslides, and there are
culverts and road surfaces in need of replacement,”
Cruise said. “One of the most challenging things about
these repairs is scheduling. We want to minimize the
impact of construction on events at both the park
and the lake.”
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