In November, installation will begin on the new barrier wall of the Wolf Creek Dam, which the National Dam Safety Program in 2005 gave the highest risk rating for failure.
The $584-million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wolf Creek Dam Remediation project in Jamestown, Ky., on the Cumberland River would have come to a screeching halt in July when $54.5 million in fiscal year 2009 funds ran out. But an $18-million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocation allowed the Corps and its joint-venture contract team of Treviicos Corp., Boston, and France’s Soletanche Bachy were able to add 33 jobs, with more anticipated, cut the schedule by three months and prove construction techniques so installation of a new barrier wall can begin in November.