PRRP Construction Update -11/20/2007
The week of October 8, we began in-channel work to replace the Island Ditch Diversion located just upstream of Midway Lane. The concrete work to construct the diversion is compete; a few more days are needed to finish the in-channel work of placing rocks to build the riffle up. Then there will be some rehab of the west bank where equipment was staged. We have not had a crew available the past few weeks; after the Thanksgiving holiday we should have a crew and work should be finished by the end of the first week in December. While work is ongoing, some turbidity will be created below the site (downstream from Legacy Bridge and Midway Lane in Midway). The Midway Lane-North Access Site will be closed for safety reasons; river access will remain open except in the immediate area where work is being done. Closed areas will be posted with signs.

The new diversion structure will operate much as the existing Wasatch Diversion does, which is located just downstream of the Cottonwood Canyon Access Site and was rebuilt in 1999. Click here to view Access Site locations along the restored middle Provo River.

[Click here for 2007 Construction Projects Flyer and Map]
[Click here to view the PRRP Status Map]

PUBLIC ACCESS
[Click here to view flyer and Map of Public Access sites along the middle Provo River corridor]
During the time takes to replace the Island Ditch Diversion, the Midway Lane-North Access Site will be closed for safety reasons. River access will remain open except in the immediate area where work is being done. Closed areas will be posted with signs.
We have constructed six access sites along the middle Provo River that include restrooms and parking lots. These sites are shown on the PRRP Access Sites Status Map and Flyer (see links above). One remaining access site, Midway Lane-North, will be developed in 2007 through 2008.
A trail and fishing piers located downstream from the Midway Lane-South parking area were completed last year. The trail is intended to provide wheelchair access to three Provo River fishing piers located at the southern end of the trail.
Anglers are reminded that access into and out of the corridor will be restricted to these seven sites and that not all the middle Provo River corridor is yet in public ownership. Please respect private and public property and obtain permission from landowners as necessary before going fishing.