Approximately $2.5 million in improvements are coming to Dale Hollow Lake State Park as part of the state’s “Restoring the Finest” initiative, tourism officials announced Wednesday, October 30.

The initiative is an effort to make repairs and safety improvements to the Kentucky State Park system.

The funding for Dale Hollow Resort will include water and sewer upgrades, new campground waterlines and a new roof for the lodge.

With this announcement, Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park will have received approximately $3.8 million in improvements since 2016 under the Bevin administration.

“Dale Hollow Lake is a great asset to our parks system,” said Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Dan Parkinson. “Improvements like these are vital to help keep our parks safe and attractive to guests. We appreciated continued support for Kentucky State Parks from Gov. Bevin and the General Assembly.

Kentucky State Parks received $18 million and $20 million in added funding as part of the “Refreshing the Finest” program in 2016-18. Gov. Bevin and lawmakers approved a $50 million bond issue for the “Restoring the Finest” campaign in state parks during the 2019 General Assembly.”

“Our state parks were facing $240 million in deferred maintenance at the beginning of this administration,” Parks Commissioner Donnie Holland said.

“The funding allows us to make much needed repairs and improvements for the parks and continue contributing to the tourism economy across Kentucky.”

Dale Hollow Lake State Park has a lodge, cottages, campground, restaurant, hiking trails, golf course, marina and offers recreational activities throughout the year.

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The Department for Local Government (DLG) announced a week ago Saturday a $1 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation for Burkesivlle to make significant improvements to the city’s wastewater system.

The proposed construction of upgrading improvements to the existing 27-year-old Burkesville Water Treatment Plant includes replacement of existing grit removal equipment, replacement of existing clarifier sludge collection equipment, replacement of plant sludge pumping equipment, construction of a new disinfection basin and replacement of existing chlorine gas disinfection equipment with new Paracetic Acid (PAA) disinfection equipment, construction of new post aeration and effluent flow metering equipment, along with related plant yard piping, electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and architectural improvements.

The project also includes replacement of the existing ROCORE wastewater pumping station.

Burkesville Mayor Billy Guffey said, “The City of Burkesville appreciates all the hard work put into this grant application by the Lake Cumberland Area Development District. This project will benefit the entire community by renovating out plant. We are extremely happy to receive this grant.”