News Release
| Release Number: | 07-065 |
| Dated: | 5/24/2007 |
| Contact: | Jennifer A. Sowell, 503-808-4510 |
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Channel maintenance soon will begin 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, June 7, at the Port of Ilwaco. The schedule for dredging activities and the disposal locations for sediment removed from the navigation channel will be presented. In previous years this meeting has also been an opportunity to share information and coordinate activities among all of the attendees. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested. The Port is located at 165 Howerton Way SE, Ilwaco, Wash.
The contract for Mouth of the Columbia River maintenance dredging has been awarded to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock and work is tentatively scheduled to begin around the end of June. The Corps’ dredge, Essayons, will begin work at the MCR in July.
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.