Crews from Dragonfly Pond Works use heavy equipment during the dredging process at the City Park Lake in November. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Council Rix dumps a load of organic material where a dump truck will pick up the material. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Dredging continues Wednesday afternoon at City Lake Park. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Ubaldo Castor uses a long reach excavator to scoop up the muck. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

City Lake suffered from years of sediment buildup and an invasion of the aquatic plant hydrilla. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

A major cleanup is underway at Salisbury's City Lake Park. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Crews from Dragonfly Pond Works use heavy equipment during the dredging process of the City Park Lake. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Jean Casola, of Spencer, worries about the fate of the ducks and turtles that are lingering around the remnants of City Lake as crews work on a restoration project. Casola comes every day to throw out feed to animals. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Ubaldo Castor uses an excavator to scoop up saturated organic material at City Park. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Council Rix drives a track dump truck with a load of material that was pulled from the deeper part of the lake into a staging area for pickup my over-the-road dump trucks. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Several trees around the lake were removed as part of the project.Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post

Crews from North Carolina-based Dragonfly Pond Works use heavy equipment during the dredging process of the City Park Lake on Wednesday afternoon. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post