NORWAY — An engineer told selectmen recently that a move to fix the Lake Pennesseewassee boat ramp could cost up to $30,000, but officials said they will look at other alternatives first.
The problem is the two-lane ramp is being used as a one-lane ramp, causing a backlog for boaters, residents and a marina owner said.
“People should know what the rule is. They don’t know how to act,” White’s Marina owner Mike White said of the problem he sees when boaters waiting to come off the lake assume they can only use the one lane that may be tied up with boaters trying to get on the lake.
Rob Prue of Pine Tree Engineering in Bath said the boat ramp layout is pretty common. It is 20 feet wide and angled for two sides. While another ramp could be put on another side to make it more obvious that its a two- lane ramp, that would be expensive, he said.
“It’s not a major project, but it could be $30,000,” Prue said. Moving the current concrete abutment would be almost as expensive, he said.
Former Selectman Les Flanders suggested that good signage might help alleviate the problem. Placing slim jersey barriers to designate the two lanes was also suggested.
Pennesseewassee Lake beside Route 118 is a popular public fishing, boating and swimming place covering 922 acres and filled with trout, bass, perch and other fish.
The board agreed that signage might be the best alternative to start to fix the problem.
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