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USACE 2024 REVETMENT SCHEDULE AND TRANSIT RESTRICTIONS 10724

The Big River Coalition’s Corps 2024 Revetment Schedule and Transit Restrictions Update 10724 is here. The completion date for the work at Vacherie is now October 10, please note the schedule change and the updated transit conditions for the work…

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER (LMR) DREDGING UPDATE 10424

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges (HURLEY and JADWIN) were previously released to the USACE Memphis and Vicksburg Districts to work on the shallow-draft…

USACE Mississippi River Maintenance Forum Meeting Notes 10324

The Big River Coalition’s report on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi River Maintenance Forum meeting held yesterday morning (October 2, 2024) is here and the corresponding agenda is here

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER (LMR) DREDGING UPDATE 93024

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges (HURLEY and JADWIN) were released to the USACE Memphis and Vicksburg Districts to work on the shallow-draft channel,…

LMRFC update for the OH & MS Rivers 93024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below yesterday to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings…

UPDATE USACE SALTWATER SILL CONSTRUCTION -55 Feet Completed

The construction of the saltwater sill to the first targeted elevation of -55 feet was completed yesterday. Weeks Marine has relocated the buoys (locations noted below) marking the one-way channel for Contact Pilot coordinated transits, moved the spill barge and…

PDATE USACE SALTWATER SILL CONSTRUCTION MISSISSIPPI RIVER

The update below was shared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager for the Mississippi River Ship Channel on the progress of the saltwater sill to the first targeted elevation (-55 feet). Completion of the first targeted elevation…

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER (LMR) DREDGING UPDATE 92524

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges were released to the USACE Memphis and Vicksburg Districts to work on the shallow-draft channel, the JADWIN was…

[Lama-agents] UPDATE: Vacherie Revetment Operations Start Tomorrow

The Fiscal Year 2024 revetment operations on the Mississippi River Ship Channel are targeted to start at the Vacherie location (Mile 148.8 Above Head of Passes) tomorrow, Wednesday, September 25, 2024. This is one day earlier than scheduled, the revetment operations at Vacherie includes the following…

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER (LMR) DREDGING UPDATE 92324

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges were released to the USACE Memphis and Vicksburg Districts to work on the shallow-draft channel,…

UPDATE USACE SALTWATER SILL CONSTRUCTION MISSISSIPPI RIVER

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a cutterhead dredge contract to Weeks Marine to construct the saltwater sill across the bottom of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to block the saltwater wedge from advancing upriver to protect the…

UPDATE USACE SALTWATER SILL CONSTRUCTION MISSISSIPPI

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a cutterhead dredge contract to Weeks Marine to construct the saltwater sill across the bottom of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to block the saltwater wedge from advancing upriver to protect the…

LMRFC update for the OH & MS Rivers 91924

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below yesterday to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings and the updated river stage predictions from Cairo (IL) to Baton Rouge (LA).    “This week we are expecting…

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER (LMR) DREDGING UPDATE 91624

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges HURLEY and JADWIN have been released from the Crossings to respond to the emergency low…

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER (LMR) DREDGING UPDATE 9524

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The government dustpan dredges HURLEY and JADWIN have been released from the Crossings to respond to the emergency low…

LMRFC update for the OH & MS Rivers 9424

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released this update to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings…

USACE Mississippi River Maintenance Forum Meeting Notes 9424

The Big River Coalition’s report on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi River Maintenance Forum meeting held this morning (September 4, 2024) is here and the corresponding agenda is here.

LMRFC update for the OH & MS Rivers 82624

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the quoted text below along with the attachment to update historic low water readings and…

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER (LMR) DREDGING UPDATE 82824

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) channel maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The dustpan dredges HURLEY and WALLACE McGEORGE working on the Crossings, the USACE dustpan dredge JADWIN was released to…

LMRFC update for the OH & MS Rivers 82624

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC) released the update below to document the low river stage conditions. The LMRFC provided the following text along with the attachment to supplement this update that details low water…