NR 21-11: Waitsboro Recreation Area closing for road repairs

Nashville District Public Affairs
Published March 18, 2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is closing Waitsboro Recreation Area in Somerset, Kentucky, Friday, March 19, through Wednesday, March 24, 2021 for roadway repairs. This is the boat ramp at Waitsboro March 17, 2021.  (USACE Photo by Cody Hensley)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is closing Waitsboro Recreation Area in Somerset, Kentucky, Friday, March 19, through Wednesday, March 24, 2021 for roadway repairs. This is the boat ramp at Waitsboro March 17, 2021. (USACE Photo by Cody Hensley)

SOMERSET, Ky. (March 18, 2021) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is closing Waitsboro Recreation Area at Lake Cumberland for roadway repairs March 19-24, 2021.  The boat ramp and parking lot will not be accessible by the public at this time. The recreation area is reopening to the public 8 a.m. March 25, 2021.

Lakeview Boat Ramp and General Burnside Island State Park Boat Ramp are available for public use during the closure.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Highways District 8 is repairing the roadway, which will benefit boaters and campers visiting the recreation area.

For additional information, please feel free to contact the Lake Cumberland Natural Resource Manager’s Office at 606-679-6337.

(The public can obtain news, updates and information from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District on the district’s website at www.lrn.usace.army.mil, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nashvillecorps and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nashvillecorps. The public can also follow Dale Hollow Lake on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/lakecumberland.)  


Contact
Bill Peoples
615-736-7161
chief.public-affairs@usace.army.mil

Release no. 21-017