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it's, common for that to
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Pond in Maplewood an . Monday ,fan. 20,•
happen, but equipment
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land!&."," Fend according
,afternoon,
after it broke through the ice while dredging the sedi-
breaking thro�gli the iced
to Michael "Thompson,
ment from the pond's bottom. The maintenance prof-
does.happen."
theIVla ,ewood public
ect is being funded bythe city in partnership with the
The watershed dis-
woik'g- hector.
Ramsey -Washington Metro Watershed District,
trict awarded the project
.Even' though the vehx-
contract to North Metro
c was- ',parflr under
.- other vehicles were, also city's water bodies over
Asphalt, the primary con-
water ' for a few hours
on the ice - while the the past several years,
tractor, according to city
near the., east. shore, the
loader was stuck: according to city do'
documents.
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machines motor -wasn't
merits:.
The district is in charge
damaged, '
Dredging the pond Thompson said County
of -indirect costs, such as
"Having, a piece- of
The Ramsey -dash- Tine Excavating has been
design and inspections,
equiprrient half sub-
ington Metro watershed cutting through the ice in
and the city is respon-
merged is never good, but
District is the lead agency- order to - excavate a thick
s ibl e for construction
it. ended up, certainly, on
on the sediment -removal layer of sediment that's
costs. The estimated cost
al-mo-re`v positive note,"
project, partnering with -collected at the pond's--
of the construction work
Thompson : said. - "They
the city of Maplewood'- to bottom. The plan is to
is'' $x23•,239, according
ed'ed up pulling it cut
dredge �W'icklanders Pond, restore its original capac-
to city` documents, but
an - they could start it
The dredging was xdex�- ity, allowing it to collect
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tried as necessary during, water to be filtered into
change • depending on
A few workers andan.
.inventory of all the the ground.
the amount of sediment-