Jurisdiction: Abandoned Mine Lands
2014 Emergency Projects Archive
2014 Emergency Projects
2014 Dickinson-Bowman Emergency Project
The 2014 Dickinson-Bowman Emergency Project was conducted to repair dangerous sinkholes caused by underground mine collapse along Lehigh Road, near Dickinson, and near the intersection of 81st Street and 146th Avenue north of Bowman, ND. Sinkholes at these locations were a serious hazard to public safety and also to public infrastructure. One of the sinkholes near Dickinson was on the ditch of a public highway and it also broke a rural waterline. Sinkholes at Bowman were near the intersection of two public roads. One of them severed a fiber optic telecommunications line and another was near a major natural gas pipeline. This is a link to the project summary report.