Soggy Lake Waco parks face long road to recovery, won't be ready for July 4 - Waco Tribune-Herald
The lake is still up six feet over its normal level of 462 feet above sea level. Lake Waco manager Heath McLane with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers said he hopes the lake will drop another four feet by July 12, allowing some park facilities to reopen. McLane said his office has been getting more than 30 calls a day asking or complaining about the closure of the lake during the peak of the recreation season. As soon as we can open, we’re going to open. All the parks and hiking areas are closed, along with the Lake Waco Wetlands. Many of the roads around the parks are closed, but McLane said people can still walk to portions of the shoreline to fish. Portions of the park road are just now emerging from the water and will require another two weeks of drying out before they’re ready for traffic. The park playground is surrounded by a moat, and much of its protective wood mulch has floated away, some deposited on a road 75 yards away. “We’ll rescue the part that’s on the road and put it back,” McLane said. The beach itself will likely have to be rebuilt with new sand, as will the beaches at Twin Bridges Park, McLane said. Source: www.wacotrib.com
