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Ports Celebrate 50 Years On MKARNS
| 题名： | Ports Celebrate 50 Years On MKARNS |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | FRANK MCCORMACK |
| 摘要： | The Greater Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a virtual event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS), a 445-mile waterway that stretches from the confluence of the White and Mississippi rivers to Catoosa, Okla., near Tulsa. Along with Jay Chesshir, president and CEO of the Greater Little Rock chamber, elected officials and waterway stakeholders participating in the virtual anniversary celebration included U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson; Bryan Day, executive director of the Port of Little Rock; State Sen. Clarke Tucker (D-Ark.); and Frank Scott Jr., mayor of Little Rock. Chesshir, who emceed the event, praised the waterway as "a system that means so much to us from an economic development standpoint, but especially so much to those around the country and around the world who actually utilize it as well." Hutchinson offered a brief overview of the history of the waterway, which stretches back to a study conducted in 1943. Thirteen years later, in 1956, Congress appropriated funding to build the system, which includes 18 locks in both Arkansas and Oklahoma. "Fifteen years after that, it received its dedication with President Nixon present at the Port of Catoosa," Hutchinson said. "So 13 years to develop funding, 15 years to do the project. That shows, as we celebrate this anniversary, how long infrastructure projects take in our country, both the planning stage and the development stage." |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 11 |
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