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OP/ED deepened, the second (previously ? rst) in 1961 when the

Editor’s Note: channel was deepened from 35 feet to 40 feet and the third

Separately, the Port of in 1987 when the channel was deepened from 40 feet to

Cleveland’s (Ohio) bene? - 45 feet. Since the cutterheads were added to the tool box cial sediment initiative has for channel maintenance and coupled with the cutterheads recently earned its ? rst ma- being used to dredge bene? cial material from the Hopper jor customer. Great Lakes

Dredge Disposal Area at the Head of Pass, nearly 5,000

Construction Co. has purchased 6,890 cubic yards of acres of new Louisiana have been created. sediment for use in the Ohio Department of Transporta-

Along the Louisiana coastline there are few areas that have tion’s (ODOT) Lakeland Boulevard / I-90 Replacement more land than they did 10 years ago, the land loss attributed

Project in Euclid. The Great Lakes’ purchase—enough to sea-level rise, subsidence and even tectonic fault slippage to ? ll 300 standard dump trucks—represents a big step being the common suspects. However, due to the sediment forward in the Port’s overarching plan to creatively and recycling program as demonstrated by the following photos ef? ciently manage river sediment, demonstrating that a there is clearly more land along the Mississippi River Delta private market does indeed exist. The Port developed a than there was 30 years ago (1985 to 2015). The Big River multi-tiered approach to bene? cially reuse as much sed-

Coalition, Bar Pilots and MVN have made advancements iment as possible, processing and marketing the mate- through the sediment recycling program that will prove rial through its partnership with Kurtz Bros., a leader in valuable if the Mississippi River Ship Channel is deepened serving the waste-to-resource and soil-related industries. to 50 feet. However, there is no doubting that because of the

Just a few months into the relationship, the Great Lakes’ additional acreage that the critical shipping channel is better deal has helped make the vision a reality.

protected from storm surge than it was prior to 2009.

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