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Cheviteau

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4. Did I read this correctly?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2015, 06:34 AM

May 2015

The Corps is going to deepen Ol'Muddy by 5ft. from Baton Rouge o the Gulf at a cost of $300,000,000? Perhaps $300m per mile. I didn't read the link, so the poster may have misprinted from the original news article.

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Deeper draft in Mississippi River means billions in revenue, 17,000 new jobs nationwide [View all] TexasTowelie May 2015 OP

Interesting Sherman A1 May 2015 #1

Sssshhhhh. WhatdahelzamatterU? Hoppy May 2015 #2

WhatdahelzamatterU? Sherman A1 May 2015 #3

Did I read this correctly? Cheviteau May 2015 #4

No. Having read the link, the OP citation is correct. n/t R. P. McMurphy May 2015 #5