Drained MetroParks lake to be refilled soon

October 13, 2015 at 10:55p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Those who noticed an odd sight in Mill Creek Metro-Parks – an empty lake – soon will be able to observe Lake Cohasset refilling with water.

Workers are wrapping up reconstruction of a collapsed shoulder on West Cohasset Drive that necessitated drainage of the lake. The project, which so far has cost the park about $20,000, is slated to be complete this week.

West Cohasset between High Drive and Old Furnace Road has been closed since the end of September for the project, which has added rock-filled baskets that act as a retaining wall.

One of those baskets is below water level, which is why the water had to be lowered.

Read more about the situation in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.