City of Troy Advancing Great Miami Recreation Connectivity Project; Here's What It'll Look Like
Information from the City of Troy
TROY — The City of Troy is advancing the Great Miami River Recreation Connectivity Project, a multimillion-dollar effort aimed at enhancing river safety, recreation and habitat along the Great Miami River. The initiative’s centerpiece is the planned removal of the aging low-head dam south of downtown, which city officials say has outlived its original industrial purpose and contributes to poor water quality, dangerous undercurrents and impeded fish passage.

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   Funded almost entirely through state and federal grants totaling about $11.6 million of the approximately $12.1 million project cost, the work also includes restoring oxbow wetlands near the Miami Shores Golf Course, constructing new shared-use recreational trails on the river’s south bank, and creating river access points for paddlers.

 

   Partners on the project include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Miami Conservancy District, Ohio EPA and Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Design work is underway, with dam demolition and related construction scheduled for summer 2026 and trail work to follow in fall 2026. 

 

   City officials and environmental partners emphasize the removal is expected to improve water quality, reduce sediment buildup and expand habitat for native species such as smallmouth bass. A preliminary step this year involved opening the dam and relocating thousands of freshwater mussels to protect them before full removal.

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   Read the full report HERE.