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SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) - Federal officials say repair work on a massive south-central Kentucky dam is "on schedule" to be completed by the end of next year.

David Hendrix, who is the repair project manager for the U.S. Corps of Engineers in Nashville, told the Commonwealth Journal that work on Wolf Creek Dam "is on schedule ... maybe a little ahead of schedule." (http://bit.ly/xqJ025)

The nearly mile-long structure impounds Lake Cumberland, the largest man-made reservoir east of the Mississippi River. The lake's water level has remained about 40 feet below typical summer depths since 2007, when the $584 million repair project began.

If Wolf Creek Dam fails, it could flood towns and cities down the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee, reaching downtown Nashville.

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Information from: Commonwealth Journal, http://www.somerset-kentucky.com

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