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Friends of the Mississippi River seeks $1.1 million feasibility study on removing two Twin Cities dams
Summary
Friends of the Mississippi River requested roughly $1.1 million from LCCMR on July 9 to fund a feasibility study of removing two locks and dams in the Twin Cities, arguing the Army Corps’ disposition study is too narrow to answer long-term ecological and infrastructure questions.
Friends of the Mississippi River urged the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources on July 9 to fund a comprehensive feasibility study — requesting approximately $1,099,094 — to evaluate the ecological benefits, sediment management and infrastructure implications of removing two locks and dams on the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities.
Colleen O’Connor Toberman, FMR’s land-use and planning program director, told commissioners that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ongoing disposition study will be a…
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