Mississippi River ready for navigation
Mar 05, 2013 | 05:26 PM
| Corinna Petry
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Mississippi River,
low water,
dredging,
Army Corps of Engineers,
Mike Petersen,
AEP River Operations,
Marty Hettel,
steel
aluminum
CHICAGO — The middle Mississippi River is finally wide enough and deep enough for near-normal seasonal navigation, thanks to dredging projects and precipitation, according to a major barge operator and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Army Corps of Engineers removed 8 million cubic yards of sediment and rock since August, twice as much as would be dredged in a non-drought year, Mike Petersen, spokesman for the agency’s St. Louis District, said March 5.....
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