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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Some relief is on the way for residence and businesses near Hobart Lake who have been fighting high water levels.

The Barnes County Commission agreed to install an outlet from Hobart Lake to the Sheyenne River to manage the fluctuating water level. But some people, like Larry Miller, worry that the outlet may increase erosion.

Darren Bjornson urged the commission to do something to bring the water level down.

Barnes County Commissioner John Froehlich strongly advocated installing an outlet.

After a few landowners objected to the 36 inch pipeline, the commission voted unanimously to install a 24 inch pipeline for the outlet at an estimated cost of nearly $690,000.

Under the plan the local cost share would be 15 percent with the state picking up 10 percent and the Federal Emergency Management Agency picking up 75 percent of the cost to construct the outlet.

The tentative plan is to start building the Hobart Lake outlet in the summer of 2015 pending easements and addressing other environmental issues.