New Albany mayor authorizes emergency safety improvements at dam where teen drowned
Emergency safety improvements are being made to a dam in New Albany where a teenager drowned in May.
Andre Edwards, 14, drowned at the Glenmill Park Dam, also known as the Providence Mill Dam, on Memorial Day.
This sparked calls for the removal of the dam.
Now, in light of the tragedy, New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan has authorized crews to make safety improvements to the dam.
Crews will be making repairs to the 108-year-old dam to get rid of the hydraulic roller effect caused by current condition of the dam.
Gahan said that because of recent weather crews have not been able to work on the repairs, but once it clears up they'll be back to work.
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The site is closed while maintenance crews make the improvements.