News Release
| Release Number: | 08-097 |
| Dated: | 6/25/2008 |
| Contact: | Jennifer A. Sowell, 503-808-4510 |
PORTLAND, Ore. – Channel maintenance will begin soon at the Mouth of the Columbia River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today.
An informational meeting about the channel maintenance will be held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 10, in the Columbia River Bar Pilots conference room located at 100 16th St., Astoria, Ore. The schedule for dredging activities and disposal locations for sediment removed from the navigation channel will be presented and repair work planned for this summer on the north jetty sand berm also will be addressed. As in previous years, the meeting is also an opportunity to share information and coordinate activities among all of the attendees. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested.
The contract for Mouth of the Columbia River maintenance dredging has been awarded to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock with work tentatively scheduled to begin in mid-July. The Corps’ dredge, Essayons, will begin work at the MCR in August.
The MCR navigation channel is located between River Mile 3 and River Mile -3, where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. The Corps dredges the navigation channel each year to provide a lane of safer transit for vessels crossing the Columbia River bar.
Visit https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/n/projects/mcr/home.asp, for more information.