Landowners to help fund dredge study

From the Janesville Gazette

NEWVILLE — Lake Koshkonong landowners will pay $15 more per year to help cover a projected $40,000 shortfall for a study of dredging and building islands in the lake, Rock-Koshkonong Lake District officials said.

Lake district residents voted unanimously in favor of the fee hike during the district’s annual meeting Saturday. It will increase from $35 to $50 the special project charge attached to district residents’ annual tax assessment.

The increase is intended to push forward a $400,000 study by the lake district, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. It’s part of a planning phase for an estimated $4 million to $6 plan to dredge and build islands for erosion control along key shoreline areas at Lake Koshkonong, officials said.