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Mortar Creek Emergency Streambank Protection Project  

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Mortar Creek Streambank Protection Project
 USACE Galveston District
 ATTN: RPEC - Ford, P.O. Box 1229
 Galveston, TX 77553-1229

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Mortar Creek Emergency Streambank Protection Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants your feedback on the Mortar Creek Streambank Protection Project, located in Quitman, Ark. in Faulkner County. 

THE STUDY

The primary purpose of the Mortar Creek Emergency Streambank Protection Study is to develop a plan to protect the bridge over Mortar Creek at Mortar Creek Road southeast of Quitman, Ark. in Faulkner County. Encroaching erosion threatens both the bridge and the road. Mortar Creek threatens to cut through the road at the crossing and reconnect at a different location on the downstream side. If this happens, the bridge will be cut off from the road and drivers will not be able to cross.

The selected plan consists of protecting bank and removing former bridge abutments.  This alternative consists of demolishing and removing the concrete bridge abutments and footings which are adjacent to the north side of the existing bridge. These abutments form a narrower opening than the existing bridge, therefore, the existing bank would be widened and cut back at a 2H:1V slope. This slope is hardened with R400 riprap. In addition, all four wingwalls of the current bridge abutment would be reinforced with R400 riprap.

To learn more about the study and to review the official study documents please visit our documents page. 

Contact Us

Mortar Creek Emergency Streambank Protection Project Team
 USACE Galveston District
 ATTN: RPEC - Ford, P.O. Box 1229
 Galveston, TX 77553-1229

E-mail: ceswl-mortarcreekstreambankprotection@usace.army.mil

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The National Environmental Policy Act is our basic national charter for protection of the environment. It is foremost a procedural law that helps ensure that federal decision makers take a hard look at the potential effects of a proposed action and allow the public and other stakeholders to comment on the federal agency’s effects analysis and consideration of reasonable alternatives. The NEPA analysis helps these decision makers understand the environmental consequences of the alternatives in comparative form before making a decision. This “hard look” is informed by the public and other stakeholders, starting with a project or study’s scoping phase.

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The environmental review process that accompanies Corps planning studies and its value to the public are not always easy to understand. Recognizing this, and to help the public and organizations effectively participate in federal agency environmental reviews, the Council on Environmental Quality wrote the informational A Citizen’s Guide to the NEPA.