For Immediate Release:

Thursday, August 4, 2005

Senator Murray talks with Diane Perry, Channel Deepening Project, and Laura Hicks, Army Corps of Engineers.

"According to the Army Corps of Engineers, there is a 20 percent chance of a jetty failing this year. Next year, the odds of failure double to 40 percent. And the year after that, they soar to 60 percent. That is a chance no one us can afford to take. Our investment in the channel will be lost if a jetty breaks, and the mouth of the river is closed. You’re working on it, and I am too. We’ve got to convince the Administration to support us. In the meantime, I worked to secure $17 million in the Senate for jetty repair."

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