The Arkansas Congressional Delegation today joined U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and other members in sending a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting them to prioritize and commit robust funding to the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request.
Members who signed the letter include U.S. Sens. John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), James Lankford (R-OK), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), U.S. Reps. Stephanie Bice (OK-5), Tom Cole (OK-4), Rick Crawford (AR-1), Kevin Hern (OK-1), French Hill (AR-2), Frank Lucas (OK-3), Markwayne Mullin (OK-2), Bruce Westerman (AR-4), and Steve Womack (AR-3).
The members wrote, “We urge that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) prioritize and commit robust funding to the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS), including deepening, operations and maintenance of the MKARNS, and construction of the Three Rivers project in the FY 2022 budget request.”
They continued, “The MKARNS, which opened as an official inland waterway system in 1971, originates at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and runs 445 miles through Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Mississippi River. Inland waterways barge transportation is the safest, most economical, and fuel-efficient way to move our nation’s goods for use domestically and for export.”
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