State Rep. Margie Wilcox (R-Mobile) is weighing in on the dumping of dredge materials into Mobile Bay.
The Mobile Baykeeper has sounded the alarm over what it calls harmful dumping into the Bay due to a project to deepen and widen the Mobile Port. The Army Corps of Engineers has permitted dumping into the Bay as part of the project and ongoing maintenance, which is expected to place 90 million cubic yards of dredge spoil into the bay over the next 20 years.
Those in the shrimp, oyster and fishing businesses have shared the impact on the quality of life for working people and residents…