Now, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is looking to remove the obsolete dam, in an effort to open up the river for fish passage and restore a free flowing river. Dam removal could open up about 19 miles for fish passage on this part of the Farmington River, said Ramona Goode, state dams sanitary engineer for DEEP Water Planning and Management Division. Right now, migratory fish aren’t able to get over the wall that the dam creates. Goode estimated that construction costs alone could cost around $5 million, and said that they hoped to use the funding currently available through the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to remove the dam as soon as realistically possible. Goode said that, ideally, construction would get underway in 2024.
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