Erosion work on Schoharie Creek planned

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August 3, 2012

Erosion work on Schoharie Creek planned

Anonymous Staff Report The Daily Star Fri Aug 03, 2012, 03:30 AM EDT

Work will begin this fall to repair shoreline erosion along the Schoharie Creek, just north of the New York Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, according to a media release from NYPA.

The public fishing area off Power Plant Road near the B-G project's North Gate will be closed for safety reasons while workers rebuild the shoreline, which eroded last summer during Hurricane Irene.

Earth-moving equipment will be used in the reconstruction work, which will involve digging soil from the stream bed and sculpting embankments using existing earth as well as additional materials -- rocks and gravel -- that will be trucked in. The work is not expected to affect normal water flows along the Schoharie Creek, the release said.

The shoreline that will be affected is on Power Authority property, just outside the power project's gates. Although shoreline fishing facilities will be off-limits in this area during the remediation efforts, access to shoreline fishing will continue to be available for anglers along the shores of the power plant's upper and lower reservoirs.

The Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project is on state Route 30, about 17 miles south of Middleburgh and seven miles north of Grand Gorge.