Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Dam fight continues: senator requests Corps delay

Federal legislators are trying a new approach in their effort to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from blocking boat access in the tailwaters of Barkley Dam and nine others along the Cumberland River. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, joined by Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky, met Monday with Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy to seek a delay in the plan’s implementation.

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