Corps of Engineers releases draft supplement on Upper Trinity River Central City Project

by PegNews wire

FORT WORTH — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, released today, pursuant to publication in the Federal Register, a draft supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Trinity River, Central City Project, Fort Worth, Texas, which was completed in January 2006. The supplement proposes alternative locations for the required hydraulic mitigation and the relocation of the Samuels Avenue Dam.

A public meeting is scheduled for January 24, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Horizon Room of the InnSuites Hotel, Trinity Suites and Resort at 2000 Beach Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76103 to present the draft supplement and to receive comments from the public.

Comments to the draft supplement to the EIS will be accepted for 45 days until the close of business on February 19, 2008. Written comments may be sent to Mr. Saji Alummuttil, Project Manager, CESWF-EC-A, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300, (817) 886-1764, or by e-mail.

The Trinity River Vision project is a partnership of the Tarrant Regional Water District, the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Streams and Valleys, Inc., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers