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Consultants were hired to review the structural safety of the 100-year-old Riley Dam in Union City, Michigan.

Recent state inspections cited the dam for rust, pitting, and issues with its concrete and metal gates.

UNION CITY, MI — With Union Lake again full after two inches of rain this weekend, the village has hired consultants to review the structural safety of the 100-year-old concrete portion of Riley Dam, Village Manager Chris Mathis said.

In September, as the village tried to close off water flow in the dam for boaters around the lake, problems became apparent.

To close the dam gates, the manager said the village "Used a bunch of landscape fabric and burlap fabric" along with other materials to seal the gates.

"Those metal gates are starting to have rust and

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