Tag: DREDGE MATERIAL

Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis explained how a project by the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program will help preserve natural resources for years to come.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill by State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) that would require 70% of dredged material to be beneficially used.

Ahead of a vote on a resolution to support efforts to protect Mobile Bay, Fairhope Councilman Jay Robinson said a no vote was “worse than voting against Girl Scout Cookies."

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Alabama Port Authority released a fiscal note claiming a bill to curb thin-layer mud dumping in Mobile Bay would cost the state an estimated $65 million a year. However, those concerns are already being addressed on the federal level.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers said thin-layer placement of dredge material in Mobile Bay is beneficial.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) and State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) joined constituents on the Fairhope Municipal Pier Monday morning to officially announce legislation to stop the federal government from dumping dredge material into Mobile Bay.

State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) and State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) plan to introduce companion bills to curtail mud dumping in Mobile Bay.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) spoke about concerns with a dredging project underway in his district.