Sharon Lake dredging about to begin

The Sharon Lake Improvement Project is about to begin, Great Parks of Hamilton County said.

Planning to dredge and reconstruct the lake at Sharon Woods has been underway since 2017.

There will be a public information open house Wednesday to answer any questions people may have about the project.

Starting this summer or fall, Great Parks will begin draining the 35-acre lake.

Bret Henninger, chief operating officer of Great Parks, said that the construction operations will take about a year.

Once complete, estimated around fall 2024 or spring 2025, it could take several months for the lake to re-fill naturally with rainwater.

The lake was last dredged and cleaned in the 1980s, according to Great Parks.