HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – One lane of Highway 107 across the large saddle dike #1 (Big Dike) will be closed intermittently from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays beginning Tuesday, Oct. 7 through Friday, Oct. 17.
Contractors will be staging drilling equipment for installation of new monitoring equipment on the dike.
Officials at the Army Corps of Engineers’ Greers Ferry Project Office regret any inconvenience this may cause, and asks for the public’s cooperation until the work is complete. The closure is being coordinated with emergency services and law enforcement agencies. Corps officials ask travelers to plan alternate routes and allow extra time to reach their destinations.
For more information call the Greers Ferry Project Office at 501-362-2416, or stop by the office near the dam on Highway 25, three miles north of Heber Springs.
Little Rock District news and recreation information can be found at www.about.me/usacelittlerock.
Release no. 14-079