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Article: REP. ROSS SECURES $40,516,000 IN HOUSE FOR MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER NAVIGATION SYSTEM

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July 22, 2009
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WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark. (4th CD), issued the following news release:

U.S. Representative Mike Ross (AR-04) has successfully secured $40,516,000 for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in the Fiscal Year 2010 House Energy & Water Appropriations Bill. The bill passed the full U.S. House of Representatives July 16.

Four hundred and forty-five miles long with 18 locks and dams, the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a reliable, year-round waterway into the Southwest. Essentially a series of navigation pools connected by locks, the waterway enables vessels to overcome a 420-foot difference in elevation from the Mississippi River to the ...

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