Work continues over at the emergency spillway, where a structural concrete cap is being built to connect the new roller-compacted concrete buttress to the emergency spillway weir.

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OROVILLE — Crews have begun to place the final layer of concrete this week on the upper portion of the Oroville Dam spillway chute. This marks a “crucial milestone,” said Tony Meyers ...