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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) dredging update

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commenced channel maintenance dredging efforts in Southwest Pass for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) on January 29, 2023, with the hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction). ....

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'Invisible Infrastructure' Important To Mississippi River

The Channel Deepening Project has shed a unique light on the importance of our transportation infrastructure, including “invisible infrastructure.” ....

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Historic Dredging Unlocks The Might Of The

(Photo provided by the Big River Coalition as captured by P.J. Hahn of Pelican Coast Consulting)
Humanity will forever remember 2020 as the “Year of COVID-19” fraught with the pains of a pandemic and its impacts on our physical and mental health. Yet, as a navigation representative along the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC), I will always be able to see the bright side. In this case, that is life outside of COVID. The Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening began in 2020, oddly enough on another date tied forever to a tragic time in our history. As a major focus for the Big River Coalition, the project to deepen the ship channel to 50 feet was one that I worked on for eight years prior to the official start of dredging on September 11, 2020. Yet the euphoria of success was numbed by the state of the pandemic. And while there were no parties to celebrate, the event remains historic. ....

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