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Creek on the Blue Mile doable but more costly than funded
Reservoir and infrastructure estimate $40M-$65M
Overall Concept for Creek on the Blue Mile Project
Number key
1./12. Reservoir and Diversion
2. Dam
3./4./8./9./10./11./13./14. Channel Improvements
5. Downstream Channel Transition Improvement
6. Spillway Conveyance
7. Local Drainage Conveyance
The Creek on the Blue Mile project is doable, but completing all the proposed public infrastructure aspects would likely cost between $40.2 million and $64.8 million, not merely the original $21 million in state funding and financing, consultants recently informed Statesboro city officials.