OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. - Carl Ray Furr, co-owner of Mississippi Engineering Group (MSEG), told the county board of supervisors Aug. 15 that he'd gotten word from the Natural Resources Conservation Service that $13M in federal funding to repair the Oktibbeha Lake dam. But county officials have seen nothing in writing. and a state NRCS office spokesperson told The Dispatch via email, “there has been no official announcement concerning this project.” The federal funds for the lake-dam project remains pending, according to board attorney Rob Roberson. MSEG is working under contract with the county to redesign the dam, located west of Starkville. Water levels have been drained to the point it has been unusable since January 2020. MSEG estimated work to repair the levee and upgrade the spillways to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality standards would cost between $15M-to-$17M. The county applied for an NRCS Watershed Rehabilitation Program grant in February. (Source: The Dispatch 08/20/22) Leaders call $13M for Oktibbeha County Lake dam an 'unofficial' probability - The Dispatch (cdispatch.com)
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