The Lake Shawnee Club

Lake Shawnee Dam Rehabilitation Update

For those who were living in the community in March 2011, you likely remember the dam breach following a significant rain event. At that time, the Club successfully managed the repairs independently through a small business loan of $750K.

Following those initial repairs, the NJ DEP mandated a Phase 2 upgrade to the south side of the dam, to be initiated once NJ DEP Dam Safety loan funding became available. In 2016, we were approved for a $2 million loan for this project. Since then, we have been working with the NJ DEP to move our design through the rigorous approval process. For many years, our community was incredibly fortunate to have the expertise of resident civil engineer Gerry Remsen, who generously performed our engineering work pro bono. Following Gerry’s passing a few years ago, we transitioned the project to GZA Engineering.

GZA is currently in the process of updating our plans. We are hopeful this will be the final design required for approval. Once the design is finalized, the project will move to the competitive bidding phase for construction.

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Project Funding & Assessment

As a reminder, per the terms of the NJ Dam Safety Loan Agreement, the cost of this mandatory infrastructure project will be shared by the community. Once the work is complete, all residents will be assessed a fee. To make this as manageable as possible, the assessment will be payable over a 20-year period through a special assessment on your property tax bill.

We will continue to provide updates as we move closer to the construction phase.