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Corps dredging underway on rivers
Due to the extreme and severe low water conditions, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Vicksburg District (District) and its partners are working to maintain continued access to ports and navigational channels throughout the region.
The Corps supports navigation on the Mississippi River and the shallow draft harbors and ports of Yellow Bend in Arkansas; Lake Providence and Madison Parish in Louisiana; and Rosedale, Greenville, and Vicksburg in Mississippi. The Corps says that each of these ports is vital to the distribution of commodities and to the economy of the area and the nation as a whole.
The Corps has contracted dredging companies to assist with the task of dredging ports in the area. The Dredge Butcher, operated by the Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company conducted dredging operations at Rosedale, Miss., last week and relocated to Yellow Bend, Arkansas on Monday. The Butcher is to relocate to the Lake Providence harbor on Saturday..
There are also dredging operations in progress on the Ouachita/Black and the Red River systems in Arkansas and Louisiana. The Dredge America, operated by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company is on the Ouachita/Black river system and the Dredge Integrity, operated by Inland Dredging is on the Red river system.
The Corps says it is continuing to respond to adverse low water conditions on the Mississippi River and ports by utilizing additional federal funding and adjusting the dredging schedule. If river levels continue to fall, the Corps said it may be forced to focus on maintaining access to the larger ports in the area.
The historic flood of 2011 displaced more than average sediment deposits in the river channel and ports. Corps officials noted that the current extreme low water conditions and decreased river flow drastically affect normal sediment movement and make normal dredging extremely difficult.For the full story, subscribe to the The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-Edition! |
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