Corps of Engineers awards $20M in contracts to fix Birds Point levee

Friday, June 1, 2012

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it has awarded $20 million worth of contracts to three firms to repair the Birds Point levee, which was intentionally breached last year to alleviate flooding on the Mississippi River.

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