The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, completed the initial breach closure on levee breach L-601-C, an inlet breach near Bartlett last week. That closure is the second major closure in recent news, following an initial breach closure near Percival on June 21. Sandy Graybill of the local levee system said the initial breach work will be followed by the establishment of platform structures which will allow the Corps of Engineers to get heavy equipment onto the site of the breaches. Once the platform is set and the heavy equipment on site, the Corps will then begin to build the levee up to a 25-year level of protection...
