WRA Passage to Benefit Smurfit Stone, Others in Ontonagon
September 27, 07 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
By JAN TUCKER | Source: Ironwood Daily Globe
ONTONAGON — Ontonagon community, industry and economic development leaders Tuesday applauded the announcement from U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak that the Senate had passed the conference report to the Water Resources Act.
… The bill addresses three issues important to Ontonagon:
- Dredging of the Ontonagon River.
- Reconstruction of the east pier walkway, believed to have been damaged by Corps of Engineers action more than 10 years ago.
- Extension of the federal navigation channel 1,000 feet upstream.
The dredging issue is essential to the survival of Smurfit Stone, the largest employer in the area and to the White Pine Electric Company.
Both receive coal shipments through the harbor.
