WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather, and Sports |Corps partially suspends work on Wolf Creek Dam
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RUSSELL CO., Ky. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday announced the partial suspension of work on the Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky.
The dam, located on Lake Cumberland, was deemed "high-risk" by the Corps and a breach would be catastrophe, flooding towns and neighborhoods along the Cumberland River, including areas in both Hendersonville and Nashville.
Work was suspended on Critical Area I, or the portion of the dam that has been a major source of seepage in the past after an instrument indicated movement in the dam's foundation and increased pressure.
The suspension is a precautionary measure and only affects 600 feet of the 4,400-foot long, 275-foot deep concrete barrier wall.
The Corps said repairs are continuing on other areas of the dam.
The work is part of the $584 million Wolf Creek Dam rehabilitation project, which began in 2008.
If the dam were to break, within a day, Nashville's riverfront, including LP Field, although 190 miles downstream, would be under water.
In Hendersonville, just 72 miles downstream, several subdivisions would be completed flooded.
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