YANKTON, S.D. - On Monday, Dec. 2, work on the concrete slab below the Gavins Point Spillway, near Yankton, S.D., is set to resume, which will close the parking area to the public until the work is completed.
The slab was damaged when record amounts of water were released from the spillway during the 2011 flood.
This project is a continuation of repairs which began in 2012. This stage of the repairs will replace substrate in the gravel frost blanket below the slab and make repairs to spillway drains. This project is expected to take several months.
The project will be staged at the parking lot located on the north side of the spillway, also known as the Fishing Wall parking area, which results in the parking lot closure. This closure will be 24 hours a day.
Release no. 20131126-001