Subject: <clear> Questions from CLEAR to Allegheny Energy To and From: Andy Datsko, AE, Lake Lynn Dam & Cheat Lake [[See also: _www.cheatlaketoday.com_ (http://www.cheatlaketoday.com) ]] Please quickly tell me the status of things at the Cheat Lake Park and Trail...
1. When will you remove the day use boat docks? In the next 2 weeks. Our boat has been having some maintenance problems.
2. When will you close the South Trail? When will it open in the Spring? The trail will remain open weather permitting for the winter. If there are safety issues we will close it until the issue fixed.
3. Are both Trails currently open all the way to the end? Yes
4. What is the status of the three restroom facilities at (a) the Guard House,
(b) the upper parking and day use "camping" area, and (c) adjacent to the
fish cleaning station? The picnic area and fish cleaning rest rooms have been closed for the season. The one at the Admin building will remain open until mid November. At that time it will be closed and a porta john will be brought in. Unfortunately when the water system for the park was designed it was not designed for winter time operation.
5. Has a trail been marked thru the Cheat Haven Wildlife Viewing Area? No. We are waiting for FERC approval.
6. Is there access to the Lake at the end of the South Trail? No. This will be done in the spring. Do you know a contractor who can do this work?
7. Are there plans to install a boat dock at the end of the South Trail? Will be done when #6 is done.
8. Are there any "facilities" at the end of the South Trail, i.e. a bike rack, or camp table, or emergency phone? A bench is there. We will put in a bike rack in the spring as part of 6&7.
9. Tell me the Security Guard schedule, for example two shifts 7 to 3 and 3 to 11...?? We have coverage during daylight hours 112 hours per week. As we progress into the fall with decreasing hours of daylight we will move back to an 80 hour per week schedule.
10. What is the phone number for the Guards. 304-594-2817
11. Have there been any incidents in addition to the two boating accidents this summer? Boating accidents are not reported to us unless we are the reporting party.
Thank you very much for relevant information at this time. Best regards................
Duane Nichols, CLEAR
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NOTE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Please let me know if you have questions or comments about the above information. Specifically let me know whether you support the establishment of a walking (hiking) trail within the Cheat Haven Wildlife Viewing Area, approximately 100 acres located at the far south end of the south trail (with limited public access). This area is adjacent to the old "slate dump" located in the big turn in the lake that is opposite Warm Hollow. CLEAR is considering a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the Wildlife Viewing Area(s). I understand that a few historical signs are being prepared for installation within the Cheat Haven Wildlife Viewing Area. In earlier years, this area was involved in surface mining and other possible activities including a railroad and a cable car system that crossed the lake. [There is another undeveloped Viewing Area near the end of Stewartstown Road, a few miles past the Forks of Cheat Winery, within a few hundred feet of the Lake Lynn Dam. A small parking area could be developed there along with a path going down close(r) to the Lake, perhaps with a bench and informative sign.]