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Navigation and safety working group presses federal support for anchorages, sensors and bridge risk work
Summary
Captain Watiney told the commission that bridge fendering, anchorages and sensors need attention and requested federal dredging, surveys and funding for sensors and current meters; he cited $79,000 for air-gap sensors and a $400,000 appropriation for current meters via congressional directed spending.
Captain Watiney presented the Navigation and Safety Working Group's recommendations and requests for federal and state support to address immediate navigational risks.
Watiney said the Interstate 10 bridge sensor installations are underway and reported that the commission, with DOTD and the governor's office, secured $79,000 to add three air-gap sensors on bridges. "We also acquired another $400,000 sponsored by Senator Bill Cassidy under…
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