RED WING, Minn. — The Army Corps has laid out a plan to dredge 500,000 cubic yards of river bottom sediment from the Mississippi upstream from its Red Wing dam. The Corps asked for public feedback by October 14 on environmental and other issues. The river muck would be trucked or piped to a commercial site for possible repurposing as construction fill, landfill cover, or farming. The Corps said. The project’s purpose: Maintaining a navigation channel at nine feet between Red Wing and the Twin Cities. Pending final approval, the project would begin in 2025 and continue the next year.
