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It seems like Almost Yesterday that a contract was issued for the construction of the headwaters of the Little River Drainage District. The date was November 27, 1912.
The year was 1939, and the devastating floods of 1927 and 1937 were still on the minds of northeast Arkansas residents. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers performed one of its greatest engineering feats that year to solve a problem.
02/25/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/25/2021 18:31
West Basin Scour Repairs Phase 3 Construction Project complete
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District successfully completed a construction project in partnership with the Little River Drainage District in Bollinger County, Missouri.
The West Basin Scour Repairs Phase 3 Construction contract was awarded to SYTE Corporation for $4,613,864 to repair multiple bank scours along four miles of the Castor River Diversion Channel. Diversion channels serve the purpose of helping provide relief for drainage areas along the mainline levee to reduce the amount of flooding which a mainline levee would need to protect, Project Manager Amber Jarnagin said. This diversion channel serves an important purpose for the nearby West Basin Levee. This project was phase three of five for scour projects to help protect the West Basin Levee.