River muck dump site proposed in Goodview

WINONA, Minn. – The Army Corps proposed piling tons of river muck on vacant property near the airport where the industrial supply company Fastenal plans eventually to build a giant warehouse. The project would begin this spring. First, though, the Army Corps has asked for public responses that must be filed by April 27. Details. The plan is to unload dredged muck from barges at the fleeting harbor on Riverview Drive every spring for two or three weeks. This would continue through the year 2030. Trucks would haul the muck two miles to the Fastenal site on Industrial Park Drive across the Lake Village trailer court in Goodview. In all, 100,000 cubic yards of sediment would d be left to settle before Fastenal starts construction. The site is 13.6 acres  of weedy land occupied mostly by rabbits and bats. Fastenal acquired the land from Badger Foundry for $1.6 million in 2022.

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So much muck. A perennial problem for the Army Corps is where to dispose of river-bottom sediment it dredges to maintain the Mississippi River channel at nine feet. Other Winona site being considered: The Madison Silo gravel pit and shoreland or the fleeting harbor slough between the Minnesota Marine Art Museum and the Riverview Drive boathouses. Image: Army Corp