The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has installed automated fee machines at many of the recreation areas at Rough River Lake, Nolin River Lake, Barren River Lake, and Green River Lake.
Beginning April 1, the affected areas will no longer accept cash as payment. The automated fee machines will accept payments for day-use passes and/or annual passes by credit card only.
The automated machines will not be installed in any areas where fees were not previously collected, as only the method of collecting fees is changing, officials said.
The following areas will be converted to automated machines:
- Rough River Lake — North Fork, Axtel, Laurel Branch, and Cave Creek
- Nolin River Lake – Wax, Moutardier, Dog Creek, and VanMeter (Iberia will no longer charge day use fees)
- Barren River Lake — Port Oliver, The Narrows, Beaver Creek, Baily’s Point, and Peninsula (Quarry Road Beach will continue to collect cash through an honor vault)
- Green River Lake — Holmes Bend, Smith Ridge and Site 1 (Pikes Ridge will continue collecting cash at the honor vault or credit card payments at the campground toll house)
“The automated fee machines will increase efficiency and allow for improved tracking of fee collections, decreased costs of managing collections, safer collection process (no cash), and reduced theft and vandalism,” USACE said in a statement.
Visitors who wish to purchase a pass using cash or personal check may still do so at each lake’s Corps of Engineers’ office.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
