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The county is working to make the Eastpoint Channel deep enough for boats to dock, which in turn, will bring in more business and goods through the Apalachicola Bay. ....
Cassidy visits Port of Morgan City, examines new dredge and Bayou Chene floodgate Cassidy s Office and last updated 2021-06-03 16:21:26-04 ST. MARY PARISH, La. â U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) on Thursday visited the Port of Morgan City. While there, he toured the Bayou Chene Floodgate Project and viewed the port s new dredge. The Bayou Chene Floodgate Project is a local solution to protect against flooding, said Dr. Cassidy. Good for us all that the St. Mary Parish Levee District and Port of Morgan City got this done. The Bayou Chene Floodgate Project received $80 million from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA), of which Cassidy has been a major champion. According to the St. Mary Levee District, the project is under budget and on time, and will protect hundreds of thousands in south Louisiana from backwater flooding due to riverine flooding. ....
HANNIBAL â The Hannibal Parks and Recreation Department has decided that it wants to purchase a dredge in order to keep the new marina accessible to boaters. However, the decisions do not end there. âWe have got to decide if we want to rent the dredge the first year and make sure it is 100 percent what we want. It is significantly cheaper to do that versus making a major outlay. We hope to make that decision soon,â said Andy Dorian, the cityâs director of central services, during the May meeting of the Hannibal Park Board. It costs $15,000 to rent a dredge from the Kansas City area company that deals in dredges, which parks department personnel visited last fall when shopping for a dredge. According to Aron Lee, assistant director of central services â parks department, the rental fee would be applied toward the purchase price of a new dredge. ....