The Big River Coalition’s Corps 2019 Revetment Schedule and Transit Restrictions Update 121819 is attached for your reference. The updated schedule of work as released by the Corps on December 17, 2019 (yesterday) is attached. The work sites and latest schedule is…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 121619 Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 121619.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) has now completed dredging operations on the Mississippi River Ship Channel in response to the Great Flood…
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The revetment operations at the Aben/Bringier Point (Mile 172.5 AHP) location have ended until further notice. The Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) operations could not safely continue at this location with the elevated and soon to be cresting river stages. The…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 121119 Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 121119.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood…
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MVN 60-Day Lock Status Forecast 12419 MVN 60-Day Lock Status Forecast 12419.pdf The Corps’ Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) District’s Lock and Waterway Status 60-Day Forecast as issued today (Wednesday, December 4, 2019) is attached. The status report includes present…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 12419 LMR Dredging Update 12419.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood event created by…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 12119 LMR Dredging Update 12119.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood event created by…
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The revetment operations at Myrtle Grove (Mile 58.9 Above Head of Passes [AHP]) were completed earlier today (Sunday, December 1, 2019). The Mat Sinking Unit is transiting upriver and now expected to begin work at the Aben/Bringier Point (Mile 172.5…
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The revetment operations at Port Sulphur (Mile 36.3 Above Head of Passes [AHP]) have now been completed (Tuesday, November 26th) and the Mat Sinking Unit is preparing to move upriver to the Myrtle Grove (Mile 58.9 AHP) location and expected…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 112519 LMR Dredging Update 112519.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood event created by…
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The Corps has adjusted the schedule of work based on the impact of the elevated river stages and changes to the schedule and updated transit restrictions should be expected. The work at Point Michel has now been completed and the…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 111919 LMR Dredging Update 111919.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood event created by…
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The Big River Coalition’s Corps 2019 Revetment Schedule and Transit Restrictions Update 111519 is attached for your reference. The first revetment operations on the Mississippi River Ship Channel are scheduled to start at Point Michel (Mile 43.5 Above Head of…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 111119 LMR Dredging Update 111119.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood event created by…
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LAMA’s report on the Corps’ Mississippi River Maintenance Forum meeting held this morning, Wednesday, November 6, 2019 and the corresponding agenda are attached. The graph below is reproduced from NOAA’s National Weather Service website and represents an experimental product to…
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The Corps’ Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) District’s Lock and Waterway Status 60-Day Forecast as issued today (Tuesday, November 5, 2019) is attached. The status report includes present conditions on the on the Bayou Boeuf, Old River, Calcasieu, and Leland…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 11419 Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 11419.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood…
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The Big River Coalition’s Corps 2019 Revetment Schedule and Transit Restrictions Update 11419 is attached for your reference. The updated schedule of work as provided by the Corps of Engineer’s Mississippi Valley Division on October 22, 2019 is also attached.…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) shattered the previous national record for the beneficial use of dredged material in Fiscal Year 2019. In an effort to maintain the authorized channel dimensions on the Mississippi…
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Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 102919 LMR Dredging Update 102919.pdf The Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley New Orleans (MVN) continues dredging operations in response to record shoaling deposited by historic long-term high river stages (record flood event created by…
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