Luedtke Engineering Co. gets Saginaw River dredging contract, to start project later this month
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by Jeff Kart | Source: Bay City Times
Dredging of the Upper Saginaw River is set to begin later this month, now that a contract has been awarded for the work.
The river’s navigational channel will be cleared for the first time in more than a decade, said Wayne Schloop, chief of operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Detroit.
Ships have had to lighten their loads for years on the river, driving up costs and threatening about 200 jobs associated with shipping.
“We did an emergency portion back in 2006, but we haven’t really done any type of comprehensive dredging since the mid-90s on the river,” Schloop said.
…The contract has been awarded to low-bidder Luedtke Engineering Co. of Frankfort for $1.9 million. The company plans to begin the dredging by the end of the month and finish it this fall, Schloop said.
