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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The seven-year-long multi-million dollar repair project Boone Dam appears to have worked. That’s the word from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the owner and ...
After 2 million hours of work and $326 million of dam remediation expenses, TVA crews completed the construction of a seepage barrier beneath and around the Boone Dam on the South Fork Holston River.
BOONE DAM (WJHL) – Members of the Boone Dam repair project provided a clearer picture Thursday afternoon about the progress of a multi-million dollar plan to fix seepage in the embankment at the ...
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, residents across the Tri-Cities region will once again enjoy summer recreation activities at Boone Dam. After seven years and two million hours of dam ...
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Repairs at Boone Dam are on schedule to be completed by July 2022, but Boone Lake won’t be back to normal right away, a Tennessee Valley Authority official said Tuesday.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - When construction to stop seepage at Boone Dam started two years ago, the TVA said it was going to take five to seven years to complete. Now, TVA officials say the project ...
The Boone Dam project, and the lower water level that came with it, caused business to drastically decrease. "We went from a profit to losing around a thousand a month," said Tim Simpson ...
The repairs to Boone Dam are complete after years of studies and reconstruction. Now, it’s time to celebrate. The Boone Dam Public Recreation Area will reopen this week in time for Memorial Day ...
It and related public facilities on Boone Lake have been closed for nearly seven years while work was done to repair seepage that TVA inspectors found at the dam in 2014. The disc ...
OAK GROVE, Tenn. (AP) - Lasers have a pretty ominous reputation in popular culture, but at Boone Dam, they serve a decidedly non-destructive purpose. Specialized robots, or “Boone Bots,” are ...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - The original sinkhole discovered at Boone Dam has been repaired, and the Tennessee Valley Authority is installing a device to monitor any new movement in the area.