U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards spillway gate replacement contract; announces refill date at Albeni Falls Dam

Army Corps awards contract to replace all 11 Albeni Falls Dam gates » Sandpoint Reader

Spring lake refill to start April 1 By Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shared big news for operations on Lake Pend Oreille, announcing March 18 that a contract of nearly $20.4 million had been awarded Feb. 26 to Deer Park, Wash.-based Knight Construction & Supply Inc. to replace all 11 spillway gates at Albeni Falls Dam. Engineers discovered delamination in the steel of the dam’s spillway gates in 2023 and have since undertaken rep…

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards spillway gate replacement contract; announces refill date at Albeni Falls Dam

USACE awards $20 million contract to replace all 11 spillway gates at Albeni Falls Dam, located in Oldtown, Idaho, and begins gradual spring refill of Lake Pend Oreille, April 1. USACE officials will share more details about spring refill, restricted gate operations, spillway gate replacement project developments, recreation area updates and forecast for snowpack and inflows, at their public meeting May 7, in Sandpoint, Idaho.