Project becomes a reality

Monday, November 13, 2006

With the trees cleared away, the work at Mud Ditch near New Madrid is now evident. The St. John's Bayou-New Madrid Floodway Project that will ultimately close the gap between the frontline and setback levees began earlier this fall by Hill Brothers Construction of Falkner, Miss. The $32.5 million project is aimed at protecting a region in the Bootheel from backwater flooding from the Mississippi River and to eventually reduce headwater flooding in the vicinity of East Prairie.

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