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LADONIA, Texas — Ed Motley stands in the middle of a large field, about an hour and a half northeast of Dallas, and looks on as heavy machinery pours concrete and workers build up the dirt embankments of the 16,000-acre construction site. If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to build a lake, he says this is just a glimpse.
Texans need water to drink, to bathe, to wash their clothes and, yes, to fill their pools. Accordingly, water utilities are working to finish two big Northeast Texas lake projects: Bois d’ Arc Lake and Lake Ralph Hall. The Bois d’ Arc...
Fannin County, Texas -- The first pioneer settlers arrived in what is now Bonham, Texas in 1836 and today's residents are justifiably proud to live in one of the first towns established by Anglo settlers in...
By Brad Keller. The elevated bridges over the future Lake Ralph Hall are scheduled to officially open for traffic this week. The lake itself won’t be visible for a few more years. Big changes are also expected at the same time along State Highway 34 in Fannin County. Read full article.
Many North Texans may not be aware that the region will have a new, man-made lake operating in the next few years. Lake Ralph Hall is being constructed in Fannin County to help meet future water needs. Larry N. Patterson, executive director of the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, told Highland Village City Council the lake should be […]
Construction of Lake Ralph Hall in Fannin County reached another major milestone with the final concrete pour for the Merrill Creek bridge, one of two bridges that will span the lake. Lake Ralph Hall Construction Reaches Another Milestone press release
Construction of Lake Ralph Hall Hits One-Year Anniversary After breaking ground on Lake Ralph Hall last June, the Upper Trinity Regional Water District reports considerable progress after just one year. Read more. Read full article.
One year to the day after breaking ground on Lake Ralph Hall, the Upper Trinity Regional Water District is reporting “considerable progress” on the future reservoir. Read more. Read full article. Hwy 34 Bridge 061622
The fossils were formed during the Cretaceous period marine megafossils such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs from when North Texas was immersed in the Cretaceous Sea, also known as the Western Interior Seaway. The park is located at 2853 FM 2990 near Ladonia. This is a new location due to the construction of Lake Ralph Hall. The fossil […]
Fannin County, Texas — Ever wondered why water doesn’t just seep underneath a dam? A slurry trench—only 3 ft. wide but nearly 60 ft. deep in some areas—explains why. Read full article.
Although the Upper Trinity Regional Water District in Denton County, Texas, just north of Dallas, currently enjoys a roughly 8,000 acre ft surplus annually of drinking water, the county is growing quickly and would likely lose that water surplus by 2025 — if not for the district’s long-term planning, says Edward M. Motley, P.E., M.ASCE, […]
Construction continues on massive Lake Ralph Hall project that aims to provide water to North Texans
More than five months after workers broke ground in rural Fannin County, progress is continuing on the construction of Lake Ralph Hall, a massive $490 million project that will deliver water to thousands of North Texas residents when it is completed. Read full article.
Construction officials say work is going according to plan for Lake Ralph Hall, a man-made lake in Ladonia that broke ground five months ago and will eventually supply millions of gallons of water each day to Denton County. Read full article.
LADONIA – Work continues on the Highway 34 pedestrian-friendly bridge spanning the future Lake Ralph Hall north of this southeastern Fannin County community as the Upper Trinity Regional Water District issues contracts to advance the construction of the 12-square-mile lake and plans are underway for development around the reservoir. Read full article.
Last week, Upper Trinity Regional Water District’s Board of Directors authorized six additional contracts to advance the construction of Lake Ralph Hall, a future reservoir for part of North Texas, including Denton County. Read full article.
Upper Trinity Awards Additional Contracts for Project LEWISVILLE, TX – November 8, 2021: Upper Trinity Regional Water District’s Board of Directors last week authorized six additional contracts to advance the construction of Lake Ralph Hall, Texas’ newest reservoir. Contractors are already making great progress on the construction of the Leon Hurse Dam and the new […]
COMMERCE, Texas (KETR) – They’re building a lake in Fannin County. It already carries the name of a legendary Northeast Texas congressman, the late Ralph Hall. At this moment, though, it is a lake in name only. It will fill eventually with rainwater that the Upper Trinity Regional Water District hopes will occur by 2025. However, […]
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) – Ladonia Fossil Park has to move to a new location due to construction, but that’s not to say there isn’t plenty of history here. “I was looking around, and I looked down, and it was just laying there in the water, I saw it, and I was just like ‘I found […]
By Allen Rich for the North Texas eNews “Fannin County, Texas — Texas Water Development Board Executive Administrator Jeff Walker may have said it best when he quipped that Fannin County is getting close to Minnesota’s claim of being the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” Only three years after breaking ground on the first major reservoir to […]
Ladonia – Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) celebrated the groundbreaking of Lake Ralph Hall, North Texas’ newest lake and one of the first built in Texas in decades. Named after the late longtime U.S. Congressman Ralph M. Hall, the new reservoir will be located on the North Sulphur River in southeast Fannin County, just north of the City of Ladonia. Read full […]
By Juan Betancourt For the Denton Record-Chronicle “Following its official groundbreaking this week, work is set to begin on Ralph Hall Lake, the newest man-made reservoir that is expected to provide up to 54 million gallons of water per day for Denton and Collin counties by 2026. Named after late U.S. Congressman Ralph M. Hall, […]
CBS D/FW featured the Lake Ralph Hall groundbreaking. Watch online here. “The Groundbreaking Ceremony for Lake Ralph Hall, a new reservoir in Fannin County, was held on June 16, 2021, at the site of the future Leon Hurse Dam. Upper Trinity Regional Water District, along with its Member and Customer cities, utilities, and other partners celebrated the […]
By the Dallas Morning News “In the southeast corner of Fannin County, signs welcome visitors to Ladonia, a small town set among horse stables and cattle ranches with a population just over 600 people. “Small town, big future,” they say. Part of that big future involves Lake Ralph Hall, one of the first major reservoirs […]
BONHAM — As construction on Bois d’Arc Lake in Fannin County continues, construction on Lake Ralph Hall near Ladonia is about to get underway. Read full article.
After almost 15 years, the plans for Lake Ralph Hall in southeast Fannin County have been approved. UTRWD Executive Director Larry Patterson expects upwards of $150 million economic impact from the lake, located 16 miles southeast of Bonham, adding that construction alone will create more jobs. – – KTEN Denison, Britney Dixon Read full article.
Lake Ralph Hall groundbreaking celebrates ‘Water for the People’ LADONIA, TX (June 22, 2021) — The Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) celebrated the groundbreaking of Lake Ralph Hall, North Texas’ newest lake and one of the first built in Texas in decades. Named after the late longtime U.S. Congressman Ralph M. Hall, the new reservoir […]
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) today approved by resolution financial assistance in the amount of $413,000,000 from the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) program to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (Fannin, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, and Wise counties). Upper Trinity will use the assistance to finance design and construction costs […]
Contractors across the five-state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas are rebounding from the pandemic and working through a pipeline of energy, infrastructure and hospitality projects. The first 25 of this year’s Top Project Starts represent $22 billion in work that began in 2021 across the region, compared with $14.5 billion for 2020. […]
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS FEB 10, 2020 — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a Section 404 Clean Water Act Permit to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) for Lake Ralph Hall, one of the first major reservoirs to be built in Texas in 30 years. Read full article.
The Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) anticipates opening several procurements this spring for its $490 million Lake Ralph Hall reservoir project after securing a final federal permit on February 6. Read full article.
A regional water district has received the federal permit needed for Lake Ralph Hall in Fannin County. Construction is expected to begin this fall. Read full article.
It appears the significant water rate hike that Flower Mound officials had feared was looming because of the Lake Ralph Hall project might not be as steep as they once thought. Read full article.
In 1991, the concept of a lake surfaced at a town hall meeting in Ladonia to address concerns and interests of three organizations searching for ways to improve the community. Those three organizations were the Fannindel School District to tackle declining student enrollments in the schools, City of Ladonia, whose population loss was becoming detrimental […]