Wyly Gilfoil, the Lake Providence Port director, said the cutterhead dredge Butcher, which arrived at the port on August 9, continues to carve a path from the river to the port docks.
“ It’s going fairly well, ” Gilfoil said. “ The Army Corps of Engineers said dredging will be complete by September 1, but I think it is ahead of schedule.”
Drew Smith, a hydraulic engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District , said: “ We just haven’t had any significant rain in the right spot in the Ohio Valley, and what has fallen isn’t making it to the river. ” According to thenewsstar.com, on Monday almost 100 barges were stranded there, while the Army Corps dredged the main channel to 9 feet.
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Dredging Today Staff, August 22, 2012