‘Decades of Neglect’: Petersburg Says Corps of Engineers Started Dredging Project, Left It Unfinished

‘Decades of neglect’: Petersburg says Corps of Engineers started dredging project, left it unfinished

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) -- Flood levels rose in Petersburg on the evening of Monday, July 14, prompting the city to declare a state of emergency. Mayor Parham then said that more funding to update the city’s drainage system over the past few decades could’ve prevented it. In a perfect world, rainwater coming from the City of Petersburg would drain into the harbor channel and out into the Appomattox River. But instead, Mayor Samuel Parham said the…

Corps of Engineers set to dredge Winona, Minn., boat harbor

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced today, that mechanical dredging to increase overall harbor depth will begin in the Winona Small Boat Harbor, also known as Dick’s Marine, in Winona, Minnesota, July 17. Work should be completed by July 31.