DNR targets another Dam removal

Jvl Gazette

...Messer's estimates do not include the future of the Monterey Dam, an aging structure that does little if anything to provide flood control, he said.

"It's basically an old structure that at one time provided power to a mill," he said.

The state Department of Natural Resources would like to see the dam removed, he said.

Removing the dam could cost the city $300,000, he said. Fixing it up would cost as much as $1.3 million.

"That's a community decision, and we need to have a discussion on it," he said, adding that the future of the city's river walls—which are nearly 90 years old but were unscathed by this summer's flooding—need to be included, as well.