Corps Unveils MKARNS Dredging Plan (USA)

Corps Unveils MKARNS Dredging Plan

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a plan for the McClellan Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) dredging project.

The work consists of dredging navigation channel in designated areas located between Navigation Miles 0 and 444.8 on the McClellan Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System; between Miles 10 and 255 on the White River. Dredged material is to be placed in designated areas.

The work involves dredging between 500 and 1,000 stations. A station of dredging is equivalent to 100 feet advance by the dredge in a cut that averages 150 feet in width at the base of the cut and averages 3 feet of depth.

The proposed contract will be issued as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract.

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Dredging Today Staff, December 19, 2012; Image: usace