The spillway intake at Falls Dam in January this year. Photo: ODT filesMore than $800,000 in Crown Irrigation Investments funding will allow the Falls Dam proposal to be taken to the next stage, as a new-look project becomes a possibility. Three options have been investigated for the project: raising the existing Falls dam by about 6m, or building a new dam, which would be either 12m-15m or 20m higher than the existing dam. The proposal could now be for something ''in between'' raising the existing dam by about 6m and building a new ''very low'' dam. He said it would probably take about another year to decide on the final Falls Dam proposal, and it was hoped a decision would be made before the end of 2019.pam.jones@odt.co.nz

Source: Otago Daily Times August 02, 2017 18:22 UTC