Corps of Engineers to Begin Dredging Lower Snake River Navigation Channel in January | news

CLARKSTON – Beginning in January 2023, the US Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District will begin dredging the lower Snake River navigation channel near Pasco, WA and near Clarkston, WA.

According to the Walla Walla District, the dredging will remove accumulated sediment from the federal navigation channel below the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam navigation lock near Pasco, Washington, and near the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers near Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.

All dredged sediment will be disposed of at an in-water location near Bishop Bar (north shore) located at River Mile 118 on the lower Snake River in Washington.

The $5.8 million contract for the dredging was awarded to HME Construction Inc., a general contractor in Vancouver, Washington. Work will begin within the next month and is expected to conclude before the end of the in-water work window on March 1, 2023.