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       Imagine this!
   DIR By: Michael Caswell
       Date: November 8, 2023, 3:37 pm
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       In a recent NYPA publication, they made the following
       observation regarding the dam at Royalton.
       The Canal Corporation has been monitoring three known seeps, or
       leaks, along this one- half mile rural stretch on the north side
       of the Erie Canal for more than 20 years. Due to dense
       vegetation that had grown on the outboard slope of the earthen
       embankment, the Canal Corporation’s maintenance staff were
       previously unable to fully inspect this location for additional
       seeps. In the spring of 2021, after clearing all three-inch or
       less in diameter vegetation, 14 additional seeps were uncovered.
       On that assumption, and considering this is a fairly small dam
       in height, we should consider that there would be more leaks in
       the ones from Pittsford to Fairport. The brush growing there is
       extremely dense and the dams are twice as tall.
       Imagine how many more leaks they'll find, it's really scary.
       I'll predict fifty or more leaks will be found when they clear
       the junk from the slopes of the Great Oxbow Embankment Dam.
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       Re: Imagine this! Royalton Embankment Integrity Project
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: November 8, 2023, 7:11 pm
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       All part of making & also "keeping" a 100 year old canal safe
       for the public to use..and safe for canal neighbors living below
       these earthen dams.
       Royalton Embankment Seepage issue has grown worse, ever since
       the Sinkhole of 2021. The ECNA covered this one with a little
       humor..
  HTML https://ecna.createaforum.com/the-stop-the-clearcut-argument/embankment-sinkhole-or-dangerous-animal-burrow-you-decide/msg1824/#msg1824
       Here's a video from the NYS Canal Corporation on the initial
       issues in 2021 out in Gaines, near Royalton.
  HTML https://youtu.be/-5_-FpApNm8?si=fceLvprmJgjviptu
       And if ANYONE is thinking or saying this Royalton NY Canal
       Embankment repair is "not a big concern", dams leak", ask
       yourself why New York State would dedicate a brand new webpage
       to the issue, trying desperately to educate the public at large
       about the issue & Repair process.
  HTML https://www.nyscanalintegrity.org/royalton
       So, if anyone is trying to sell the fantasy, as seen on some
       social media websites, that there's "nothing wrong" with the
       Erie Canal, or it's earthen structures, DO NOT BELIEVE them.
       Here's just more proof of how precarious some of these
       long-term embankment issues have become, after 100 years of
       MINIMAL dam maintenance work along the Erie Canal system.
       And let's not forget the 5 years that a local Rochester Facebook
       group whined about "Canal Shade & Warm Fish" that also caused
       all of this critical work to be delayed for an additional 2
       years, and also cost taxpayers in Pittsford, Perinton, and
       Brighton who paid for funding for a frivolous lawsuit against NY
       State to try and stop all of this routine maintenance.
       Time to cut more trees, inspect more aging embankments, and also
       to stop listening to social media influence that has hoodwinked
       the public with lies & supposition.
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       Re: Imagine this! A NYS Canal Webpage for Dam Maintenance
       Updates
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: November 9, 2023, 7:55 am
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       Hot off the presses... another NEW webpage from the New York
       State Canal Corporation, dedicated to general Erie Canal Project
       & Repairs.
  HTML https://www.canals.ny.gov/news/projectupdates.html
       It seems that ever since the New York Power Authority (NYPA)
       took over the NYS Canal System, they have made great strides in
       communication & transparency to the public about the
       deteriorating condition of this major NYS attraction. The page
       link above details where several older, original Erie Canal Dams
       are being renovated for safety, due to their high-hazard safety
       ratings.
       Just another reinforcement of the State's Earthen Embankment
       Integrity Program (EEIP) and why it's necessary to repair these
       old earthen embankments BEFORE they become a local news story..
       for the devastating flood those embankments can create when they
       fail.
       See the website for more information and look here for
       continuing updates on Erie Canal projects.
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