And let’s not forget upstream dredging near US59 and the County’s planned Edgewater Park, which will have a public boat launch. And Imelda deposited immense of amounts of sediment in a growing East Fork Mouth Bar. Millions of cubic yards remain in the West Fork Mouth Bar alone. With Great Lakes and Callan Marine gone, any additional dredging efforts will start from scratch. Now You Don’t Photo taken on Tuesday, 11/12/19. Each 40 food section weighs 4,000 pounds. Now You See It On November 4th, the dock at the Army Corps Command Post opposite Forest Cove was bustling with activity, as workers dismantled the Great Lakes Dredge. That was about the time the City applied for another FEMA grant to help with more dredging. Finally, in mid-October, Great Lakes started removing its dredge, booster pumps, pipe and other support equipment. The Great Lakes Dredge waited near the mouth bar for six more weeks, as the owners hoped for yet another contract extension that didn’t come. That brought the total amount of sand and sediment removed from the West Fork to about 2.3 million cubic yards. The last remaining dredge, operated by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, finished dredging a 500,000 cubic yard contract extension in the area of the West Fork mouth bar around Labor Day. State Representative Dan Huberty says plans for Phase 2 of dredging will be announced next week. The last dredge from the Army Corps’ Emergency West Fork Emergency Dredging Program has left the river.
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