Corps' $26.7M part of funding to repair damage from spring's Arkansas River flood

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received $26.7 million to fix damage caused by this spring's Arkansas River flood.

That's part of $119 million total approved that will be disseminated in parts on a quarterly basis through next year.

So far, most of the funds are paying for dredging to aid the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. Watercraft can pass through now, but not the typical barges that did before the flood. Those barges will drag on the excess mud and other materials without the dredging work, said Jay Townsend, a spokesman for the Corps' Little Rock district.

Eventually, the $119 million will pay for repairing other environmental damage related to the flood, such as stabilizing stream banks. Some of that funding will be supplemental funding for projects that aren't along the Arkansas River but that could have been delayed by work cleaning up after the flood. That includes improvements to Corps campgrounds.

Read more: https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/nov/24/corps-26-7m-part-of-spring-flood-repair/
(Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)