Corps Of Engineers At Work On Caloosahatchee Riverbank

 

LABELLE, FL. -- The Army Corps of Engineers is busy doing maintenance on the Caloosahatchee River east of the Port LaBelle Marina this month.

Barges, towboat, bulldozers and a crane are at work making a delivery of rock material for riprap replacement on one of several Flood Risk Management Structures.

The structures have reached the end of their life expectancy and new riprap stones are needed to control erosion. 

The riprap along the river is being replaced as a part of a routine maintenance program by the Corps of Engineers.

The structures along the river shoreline control basin runoff into the Caloosahatchee River.

Photo: Corps of Engineers tugboat  "Chobee" at work at the construction site (photo by Don Browne)