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Work is resuming on Zink Dam after being on hold more than a month.
Project Manager Brooke Caviness told the City of Tulsa’s Sales Tax Overview Committee last week the temporary, earthen dam built to keep water out of the area while workers pour concrete was breached in late March because of higher-than-expected water flow in the Arkansas River. It was designed to hold back at least 40,000 cubic feet per second. On March 24, we had 47,000 cfs come through, and that’s when it overtopped, Caviness said.
Caviness says said rebuilt and armored the structure, known as a coffer dam, last week. They’re currently pouring concrete pads in the river for Zink Dam’s gates of various heights, and that work is on schedule despite the delay.