Clarification: Reduced dredging chokes Mississippi
An article Wednesday on concerns raised by the Big River Coalition about lack of funding for maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River mentioned the draft of ships has been limited at the mouth and that navigation has been restricted to daylight hours in some locations.
Ken Wells, coordinator of the coalition, said the daylight-only restrictions were in place in early December when the river was in a historic 10-year low river, but were lifted once the river rose later in December and affected ships drawing more than 40 feet of water and traveling north of Mile 154, which is north of New Orleans.
Clarification: Reduced dredging chokes Mississippi
