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Comite River Diversion Canal mostly complete in sections; final contracts and pipeline conflicts remain
Summary
Commission staff reported that seven of 13 segments of the Comite River Diversion Canal are about 95% complete, with one segment roughly 70% complete; five final contracts remain to be let, and some awards depend on resolving utility relocations with Florida Gas and DOTD.
Commission Executive Director Paul Sawyer told the Amite River Basin Commission that construction on the Comite River Diversion Canal is substantially complete in most reaches but that remaining contracts and utility conflicts must be resolved before the final work can proceed.
“Of the 13 areas of the Comite River Diversion Canal ... 7 of those areas are 95% complete,” Sawyer said. He told commissioners that one reach is approximately 70% complete and that the Army Corps of Engineers has attempted to let the final five…
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