WAWANESA — The new Wawanesa dam design was announced this month, along with a construction timeline that will see the previous 1939-built dam destroyed in the next three years.

Engineers from the Province of Manitoba and a private company, KGS Group, were in Wawanesa for a council meeting and open house meeting last week to inform residents. The province announced that it has chosen the design to be a new concrete structure downstream from the existing dam, and said the bulk of construction is expected to take place in the fall of 2027.

The news comes as a milestone for the community of Wawanesa, which has been on the radar for a dam repair with discussions going back to 2018, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa head of council Dave Kreklewich said.

“For me, it’s peace of mind knowing that

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