City Hall 4Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown City Engineer, Reed Schwartzkopf says, weather permitting, as early as Monday, November 30,  the gates on the Ice House Dam will be “opened” to allow water levels in the rivers to drop to facilitate some City Storm Water Utility Inspections, Repairs and River Bank Survey work. Once these activities are finished, within the following 2 to 4 weeks, the gates will again be “closed” if the weather permits, allowing the water levels in the river to raise.

Along with the forecasted warmer than normal temperatures over the winter, these adjustments to the river levels may affect ice thicknesses and ice integrity/stability as the winter progresses.

The public is therefore advised to exercise caution around the rivers this winter and avoid allowing people and animals on the river ice for the duration of the winter.