Milestone Marked at Mountain Lakes Rehabilitation Project

Township representatives, members of the Friends of Princeton Open Space, the contractor and project consultants gathered at the restored stone and masonry upper dam at Mountain Lakes to close the outflow valve.  The valve closing will allow the cleared and dredged upper lake to refill and marks the completion of that segment of the project.  Work remaining at Mountain Lakes includes the rehabilitation of the lower dam and the upper settling pond, which are planned to be completed in early 2012.  The $3.2M rehabilitation project was started in July 2010 and is made possible through the generosity of an anonymous donor.

Pictured from Left to Right: Wendy Mager-President Friends of Princeton Open Space, Robert Kiser-Township Engineer, Anthony Soriano Jr.-Engineering Assistant, Deanna Stockton-Project Engineer, Mayor Chad Goerner, Avril Moore-Princeton Historic Preservation Commission, Christine Lewandoski-Township Historic Preservation Officer, Prior Mayor Phyllis Marchand, Robert von Zumbusch-Historic Preservation Commission, Joe Skupien-SWM Consulting, Clark Lennon-Friends of Princeton Open Space, Glenn Goebel-Compass Construction, and Clifford Zink-Historic Preservation Consultant.  Present but not pictured: Ted Thomas-Friends of Princeton Open Space, Bill Pyontek-French & Parrello