BRISTOL — Public Service of New Hampshire is expected to begin construction at its Ayers Island Hydro Station on Monday, May 23. Crews from Abington Group, the project's contractor, currently plan to work from approximately 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. PSNH anticipates the project will be completed in December.
The Ayers Island Remediation Project involves installing a reinforcement system to the dam to remediate the calculated risk of a catastrophic dam failure during a large transverse (cross canyon) earthquake. This type reinforcement system is required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The 8.4 megawatt Ayers Island Hydro Station sits on the Pemigewasset River, between the towns of Bristol and New Hampton. Ayers Island is PSNH's northernmost hydro station in the Merrimack River Basin, and home to the company's popular online Osprey Cam.
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