Roswell City Council Supports Private Dam Loan Legislation
October 21, 2009 by Carl H. Martens
Filed under Government
Back on Oct. 12, Georgia Republican Wendell Willard of Sandy Springs asked the Roswell City Council for support of legislation creating a state fund that would issue low-interest loans for privately owned dams. Today the Roswell city council gave its approval of the legislation.
The legislation came forth as the state wants to ensure dams meet the degree of safety warranted for property and for any lives at risk should a dam fail.
Lake Martin in Martin's Landing subdivision could be a candidate for a loan.
Privately owned dams aren’t necessarily dams owned privately by an individual…the majority of these dams are actually privately owned property by a neighborhood and maintained by its homeowners association.
These dams perform a public service in detention water and flood control. Therefore, it is in the public’s interest to see that they are preserved and continue to serve those functions.
The city of Roswell has more than 50 private lakes and ponds within its city limits.
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