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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A major shoreline restoration effort along Mobile Bay is in the works.
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The Mobile County Commission approved a grant amendment with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund that will significantly boost the Salt Aire Shoreline Restoration Project.
The amendment raises the total grant amount to $15,700,000, and it requires no local match from Mobile County, News 5 has learned.
The commission also awarded a $7,480,001 construction-and-dredging contract to Viking Dredge, LLC, with all costs reimbursed through the grant…