\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDrivers passing the Charles River in Natick, Massachusetts, may notice an unusual sight: stretches of exposed rocks and mud where water would normally be.According to Natick town officials, the river is being intentionally drawn down as part of the Charles River Dam Removal and River Restoration Project in the southern part of town.The dam is considered a high-hazard structure and has been rated in poor condition by the state Office of Dam Safety. Natick is now moving forward with a project to remove the dam and restore the river.A construction update posted by the town on July 2 said the controlled drawdown began this week, with crews targeting about one foot of water reduction per day. The process is expected to take about a week, and in-water construction is scheduled to begin July 16.Once the dam is fully removed, officials say the Charles River will return to a more natural state, with typical depths of about 2 to 4 feet in that area.The project is expected to be completed later this summer. During construction, Grove Park is closed to the public and boating access is restricted.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tNATICK, Mass. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Drivers passing the Charles River in Natick, Massachusetts, may notice an unusual sight: stretches of exposed rocks and mud where water would normally be.<\/p>\n According to Natick town officials, the river is being intentionally drawn down as part of the Charles River Dam Removal and River Restoration Project in the southern part of town.<\/p>\n The dam is considered a high-hazard structure and has been rated in poor condition by the state Office of Dam Safety. Natick is now moving forward with a project to remove the dam and restore the river.<\/p>\n A construction update posted by the town on July 2 said the controlled drawdown began this week, with crews targeting about one foot of water reduction per day. The process is expected to take about a week, and in-water construction is scheduled to begin July 16.<\/p>\n Once the dam is fully removed, officials say the Charles River will return to a more natural state, with typical depths of about 2 to 4 feet in that area.<\/p>\n The project is expected to be completed later this summer. <\/p>\n During construction, Grove Park is closed to the public and boating access is restricted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers passing the Charles River in Natick, Massachusetts, may notice an unusual sight: stretches of exposed rocks and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":909933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[23],"tags":[181700,368046,153308,24658,368050,2385,746,10713,368047,5991,2739,181765,368048,368049,5996,983,159,368051,52582,67,132,68,527,3038,2452],"class_list":["post-909932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-charles-river","tag-charles-river-dam-removal-and-river-restoration-project","tag-construction-update","tag-dam","tag-dam-removal-project","tag-day","tag-environment","tag-foot","tag-grove-park","tag-july","tag-massachusetts","tag-mud","tag-natick","tag-office-of-dam-safety","tag-part","tag-rock","tag-science","tag-state-office","tag-town","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-water","tag-wcvb","tag-week"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116856414991584858","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}