MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-64 UPDATE: WREC Channel Restriction and Delays

Little Rock District - USACE
Published Oct. 17, 2023
Navigation Notice

Navigation Notice

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NAVIGATION NOTICE       Number SWL 23-64
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System

October 17, 2023
In Reply Refer to:  CESWL-OP
P. O. Box 867

Little Rock, AR 72203-0867
PH. 501-324-5096

UPDATE:  CHANNEL RESTRICTION AND DELAYS
MONTGOMERY POINT L&D (NM 0.5) TO MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Crews arrived in the area on Sunday, October 15, 2023, to begin clamming in the downstream approach at Montgomery Point Lock & Dam (NM 0.5). A Notice to Proceed has been given to the Contract Dredge Sandpiper who is expected to arrive in the area and begin dredging on or before Saturday, October 21, 2023. The Dredge Sandpiper is expected to complete dredging operations below Montgomery Point Lock & Dam on or around Saturday, October 28, 2023.

Until that time, Mariners are advised that the 7-ft draft restriction communicated in the previous Navigation Notice No. SWL 23-63, as well as the recent USCG Broadcast Notice to Mariners No. 0076-23, is still in effect. 

A subsequent Navigation Notice will be issued once dredging operations have been completed and the 7-ft draft restriction has been lifted, or if a significant change in conditions occurs.

Questions or requests for additional information concerning this notice should be directed to the Little Rock District Office, at (501) 324-5096 or you may email CESWL-OP-OM@usace.army.mil.

//signed// (for)

Christopher B. Roark
Chief, Operations Division


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Release no. 23-124