Corps of Engineers

Chicago District

Army Corps to give update on Indiana Harbor project

The East Chicago Waterway Management District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, will give an update on the Indiana Harbor and Canal Dredging and Disposal project at their upcoming quarterly information session. It will be held Wednesday, May 15, 2002, from 6 to 8:00 p.m. at Calumet College of St. Joseph, Room 300, 2400 New York Avenue in Whiting, Ind. All interested parties are invited to attend. Project status meetings are held quarterly in order to provide an opportunity for on-going dialogue with the public about the project.

Information about the Indiana Harbor and Canal Dredging and Disposal project is also available on the Corps’ website at www.lrc.usace.army.mil. This project web page is also part of an effort to keep the public informed about status of the project, which was approved for construction in 1999. Initial activities will include constructing a facility to contain the contaminated sediment at the former ECI site, located at 3500 Indianapolis Blvd., on the Lake George branch of the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. Dredging is planned to start in 2005.

The first item to be constructed at the site is a below-ground cutoff wall, or barrier, to control groundwater flow and contain contaminants that currently exist at the site in the soil and groundwater. Site work is expected to start in June 2002 and be completed in January 2004.

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