St. Johns Bayou project finally gets OK

Thursday, June 19, 2003

Initial construction on the long-delayed and controversial St. Johns Bayou-New Madrid Floodway project could begin around the end of the year, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson said Tuesday.

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