LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District officials marked the completion of a major project in southeast Arkansas on Aug. 12.
Officials said the Three-Rivers project marked a nationally significant step in protecting the long-term reliability of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The project required work at the junction of the White and Arkansas rivers near the Mississippi at a cost of $346,849,162.
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The project was federally funded.
Officials explained that the project reduced the risk of uncontrolled channel change after decades of erosion and head-cutting near where the two rivers meet. The project also served to protect natural resources, they added…