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    Dam demolition doomed

    The Lantern wrote Dam demolition doomed

    Ingrid Rivera

    Issue date: 2/4/08

    The demolition of the Fifth Avenue Dam is in jeopardy due to federal budget cuts, according to a Feb. 1 press release from the city.

    Of the total $1.82 million cost of the project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had agreed to pay $1.2 million, but that entire amount has been cut. The city had agreed to pay the remaining $640,000, which are the fines owed by the city for sewer overflows into rivers.

    Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman and the city are asking the federal government to restore its share of costs for the project, according to the press release. City utility officials were planning to demolish the dam south of the Ohio State campus before the end of 2008.

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    Walker Evans is the co-founder of Columbus Underground, along with his wife and business partner Anne Evans. Walker has turned local media into a full time career over the past decade and serves on multiple boards and committees throughout the community.
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