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Alliant Energy will close the parking lot area at its Prairie du Sac Dam during the first two weeks of December. The company is pausing work on its dam improvement project for the winter, and the barges being used during construction need to be removed from the river. The closure will allow over two dozen large construction vehicles to remove parts of the barges and take them offsite.

“Safety is always our number one priority, and when the barges are being taken out, there will be a lot of large vehicle traffic coming in and out of the parking area,” said Kathryn Wilhelm, Alliant Energy...