Hello Lake Dunlap!! We are up over 4ft and counting. I know that you are all as excited as we are. Your WCID Board met this week to discuss the business of the District and to set this year’s tax rate. The summary of the meeting is below. Click to view.
Good Morning Lake Dunlap, THURSDAY @ 3:00PM we will begin re-filling Lake Dunlap!! It has been a LONG and PAINFUL month since we told you that 7/31 would be the date. GBRA and Zachry are feeling very confident that we're now ready to proceed. Click for FULL DETAILS.
According to Zachry, all of the final crane modifications and testing are scheduled for completion on Tuesday. Assuming those go well, GBRA is ready to bring the gates up!! We will send an update on Tuesday as soon as we know the results of the testing.
Progress continues on the Gate #2 repairs and related retesting of that hinge. Work is also continuing on the modifications to the gantry crane. There is a chance that ALL of this work could be completed this week (end of day tomorrow). Click for more details.
The Zachry team has successfully removed the old parts from the hinge that we believe were causing the issues. The re-installation of the new parts will not happen until Monday. Then we'll resume the final performance tests.
Good morning, Zachary and SteelFab are continuing to work to correct the gate issue. They are going to have replacement parts manufactured in Seguin. Zachry is hoping to have the new parts by next Friday. Then they will re-install and then resume testing. The next construction meeting is scheduled for 8/9. I will update again following that meeting.
Zachry and the engineering teams are focused on the west side hinge at Gate #2. They believe that the hinge pin and or one of the bearings is the source of the vibration during testing. Zachry will need to identify a replacement part(s) and then reinstall them and re-test Gate #2. As soon as we know a potential date and timeline we will share the information with everyone. PHOTO BELOW-CLICK
"Good morning Lake Dunlap, Good news and bad news this morning. According to GBRA, all performance testing was completed over the weekend. Everything passed except for one issue. Zachry and the contractors are working now to correct that problem and will then re-test. If everything goes well, we are probably delayed a few days. If things don't work out smoothly it could take longer. Either way, I'll do my best to keep you updated. The short version of all that is the gates are not coming up today but hopefully very soon. I apologize for starting your week with bad news, but we're still very, very close.
Good morning Lake Dunlap!! We are only days away from the scheduled date to raise the gates. Critical testing is ongoing and will continue around the clock until sometime on Monday. If all tests look good, we are still scheduled to begin raising the gates sometime Monday. If any issues arise, Zachry and all of the construction teams are on standby to make immediate corrections so we can continue. They have been doing an amazing job so far. Keep your fingers crossed that all the rest of the testing goes well!! Your WCID is in daily contact with GBRA and we will keep you updated as we get closer. ...I think I can almost see the lake from here!!
Hello Lake Dunlap!! We are ONE WEEK AWAY from beginning to refill our lake!!! PLEASE finish all of your final waterfront clean-up NOW. If you are desperate and need help, please contact PLDA and they can connect you with a resource. On behalf of your WCID to ALL the neighbors that have helped along the way - THANK YOU for getting us to this point. I'll see you on the lake soon. Doug Harrison President - Lake Dunlap WCID
With the last big item delivered, our Hydraulic Pressure Unit, the construction team has released a NEW 90 outlook. We are expecting to begin RAISING THE GATES on Monday, 7/31.5 ½ weeks from TODAY!!!
This is an AWESOME page being created by GBRA with news and videos about Lake Dunlap (and all the other GBRA lakes needing rebuilding). It is not exclusive to Dunlap, but it has incredible pictures and drone videos of the construction project.
Your LDWCID Board held a public hearing September 21, 2021 regarding the adoption of the final tax rates for the 2021 Tax Year. In addition, we adopted our formal 2021-2022 budget.
Your LDWCID was hosted by PLDA at a Town Hall Meeting on June 23, 2021, to give a presentation that included an address by GBRA General Manager and CEO, Kevin Patteson, a presentation on construction progress by Zachry Group and briefings by PLDA President J Harmon and LDWCID Board President Doug Harrison. The presentations were followed by a question and answer session that was well received. Several hundred of our friends and neighbors from Lake Dunlap showed up to the event. Your Board truly appreciates your participation and we know that we couldn’t have made so much progress without your incredible support.
by By Lauren Canterberry, Community Impact, May 14, 2021
Two years to the day after a key spill gate at Lake Dunlap’s dam failed, the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority has given contractors the green light to begin construction on a new dam.
Fellow LDWCID Members; We are now at day 732 since the collapse of our beloved Lake Dunlap dam and we are working continuously to get back to where we were before that date but even better! It is our 2 year anniversary of the day we lost our lake. It is a sad anniversary, but it is also impressive at the amount of work that has been accomplished in a short time.