Source: United States Senator for Oklahoma James Inhofe
Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) met with Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Commander Col. Scott Preston and his staff to discuss major Oklahoma water resources priorities, including deepening of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) and the Tulsa and West-Tulsa Levees Project.
“I had a great meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District and I was encouraged by what Col. Preston had to report,” Inhofe said. “Both the MKARNS deepening and the Tulsa-West Tulsa Levees Project are well on their way to being completed and I want to thank Col. Preston and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their continued dedication on these vital projects.”
“In addition to moving the schedule forward on the MKARNS deepening, the Tulsa-West Tulsa Levees Project is moving design forward in order to begin construction early in 2023 with a projected final completion date of 2026,” Col. Preston said. “We could not have gotten here without Sen. Inhofe’s work and support throughout the years.”
On April 27, 2022, Inhofe led a letter to the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging them to prioritize and commit additional funding to the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS).
On January 19, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided full funding for the Tulsa-West Tulsa Levees Project. The Army Corps released the work plans to fund multiple projects in Oklahoma.