James River Recreation Plan Shown To Community

 

JRMP PublicAround 70 community members attended the public unveiling of the James River Recreation Area Master plan at the Campus Center. Landscape engineers with Stockwell Engineers of Sioux Falls replayed the same presentation they gave the Huron City Commission last week. Questions were raised about the dam on the James River. Some thought the idea to place large boulders in the river above and below the dam was a bad idea…

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Some property owners along the west side of the James River had concerns regarding the proposal to remove a portion of the levy that borders Riverside Park…

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Other questions asked by members in attendance included cost of the project and available parking in the revised camping areas proposed for Memorial Park.