Rebuilding broken Bastrop dam to take years, cost millions

BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — The process of designing and rebuilding the damaged Bastrop State Park Lake dam has started, but it will cost millions of dollars and take years before it’s finished.
In a May 2015 disaster, the nearly 100-year-old dam buckled under the pressure of excessive floodwaters. The 10-acre lake dam drained out, barreled down a creek bed and damaged a road.
Hazard Class and InspectionsThe National Inventory of Dams defines the following hazard classes for dams:
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