AG sues owner of faulty Taunton dams Lawsuit requests immediate repairs at two lake sites The attotney generals office has filed a lawsuit against the owner of 2 dams in Tauton that have been declared structurally unsound; the damage are deemed to be so unsound that they trigger worries of massive floods whenever heavy rainfall occurs. The lawsuit has been filed in Suffolk Court requesting that immediate repairs are made by the owner (Jefferson Development Partners) of Morey's Bridge Dam and a cofferdam which are assist in holding backs the water of the 250 acres Lake Sabbatia off Bay Street. The same company owned the former Whittenton Pond Dam that officials feared mights collapse in 2005, forcing the evacuation of some 2,000 residents who were downstream from the deteriorating structure and who were threatened by flooding. That dam has since been replaced. There are concerns of flooding should a breach occur. "We do have an issue of public safety that is still in the balance here," said state Senator Marc R. Pacheco, a Democrat from Taunton who has lobbied for more funding for dam repairs since 2005. "It's been years and we still have not seen the right outcome here." The cofferdam was built in July 2007 as a temporary replacement for the Morey's Bridge Dam, which is in need of structural repairs. A group of volunteers called Help Save the Lake assisted in the construction of the cofferdam to stabilize water levels in Lake Sabbatia and to relieve pressure on Morey's Bridge Dam, a 12-foot-high, 130-foot-long structure that had breaches and allowed the lake levels to drop. For the full article and further stories please refer to: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/01/ag_sues_owner_of_faulty_ taunton_dams/