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By Abbie Bennett
The Daily Reflector
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
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Spencer Grant, a Greenville resident, wants the city to have its own man-made, freshwater lake. And he wants
to dam or widen the Tar River to create it.
Grant made a presentation to the City Council on Monday during the public comment period on his proposal to
create a lake in Greenville by damming or widening the Tar River.
Grant proposed a dam east of Port Terminal stretching to the Ironwood Golf and Country Club area, about 6-8
miles.
floodwater goes, it would create further flood issues (likely in this low income area). Wetlands or floodplains are
essentially a natural detention basin- it holds extra water for a period of time and slowly releases the water back into
natural and moving systems. A lake in the (ecologically sensitive) wetlands would act as a retention pond- it would
hold water year round. If the water is low in reservoir, it may relieve very small amount of extra water. However, the
dam and the lake itself would likely cause more flooding issues on the north side of the river. The north side already
has major flooding issues and houses some of the most impoverished residents in the area. It will never happen, so
I'm not worried about it. For the record, I don't oppose lakes but damming and diverting the Tar River is not the way to
do it. (Neither is it conscious or smart to mess with our wetlands and floodplains.)
FUGETTABOUDIT SPENCER!
Submitted by Hexmeister on February 10, 2015 - 2:14pm.
Looks like nobody gives a dam!
stupid, far-fetched and ecologically insensitive. This guy just doesn't get it. He has no plan what so ever. Just a
vision... i'm all for dreaming too... but go swim in a pool or dig a lake.. leave the Tar River out of this.
NO
Submitted by LJac on February 10, 2015 - 9:19am.
No. With all the real-word and tangible needs and initiatives under way I couldn't think of anything crazier than
wasting one-second of city staff's time or a dime of tax payer money than this far-fetched pie in the sky whim. Has
Absolutelu zero plan, zero basis or financial support. He might as well be saying he wants the city to build a mountain
on Evans street or the city to build an exact replica of Disneyland with tax payer dollars. Dreamers are great but not
without some base in tangible reality. If they ever want to turn an outlandish dream into tangible vision it has to be
based on some environmental process that is realistic, some funding logical, tangible funding source, something real.