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Lake Lanier marina plan is on the rocks
Corps goal may be held up by lease changes, bald eagle sightings
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David Day walks on a dock Tuesday at Bolding Mill Park along the Chestatee River. Day is leading the charge with a community group, Save The Chestatee, to stop a 425-slip marina from being built at the park.
An Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to put a marina on the Chestatee River arm of Lake Lanier isn’t just causing waves among area residents. It has drawn in other parties and stirred wildlife concerns, with Hall County showing possible interest in leasing Bolding Mill Park — the site of the proposed marina. And there have been sightings of the federally protected bald eagle in an area where the marina might go.