Posted on October 15, 2025
Brookhaven, GA, October 10, 2025 – At its October 9 meeting, Brookhaven City Council approved to fund “dredging and dredged materials disposal” at Murphey Candler Park in the amount of $1.5 million. The dredging effort will be performed to re-establish lake depths at the southern end of the lake near the embankment at West Nancy Creek Drive.
Dredging will begin this month and is expected to wrap up by January 2026, weather permitting. A careful refilling of the lake and coordination with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to restock the lake with a healthy, native fish population will follow.
The contractor, North Georgia Concrete, is already mobilized from their work with the Low Water Drain Rehabilitation project, but residents can expect an increase in heavy machinery and dump trucks travelling to the park along Ashford Dunwoody Rd or Chamblee Dunwoody Rd/E Nancy Creek Drive from I-285 for this project. It is estimated that up to 25 truck trips will take place per day.
“Now is the perfect time to dredge the lake, since the water levels are already low,” said Brookhaven Stormwater Manager Sean McCarthy. “This work ensures the safety of residents downstream by addressing functionality of the low-level drain, and we can do it efficiently with the crew and structures already in place.”
