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Telescope 195 New Cut-off Channel Southeast Bend St.Clai r River ARMY ENGINEERS AWARD CONTRACT IN EXCESS OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FOR SOUTHEAST BEND CUT-OFF CHANNEL A contract in the amount of 1^,369,170, was awarded yesterday by Colonel W. W. Wilson, District Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer District, Detroit, Michigan, for the construction of a new cut-off channel at Southeast Bend located in the St. Clair River. The contract, awarded to the Standard Dredging Corporation and Canadian Dredge and Dock Company, Ltd., of New York City and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, respectively - a joint venture - involves the removal of 22,100,000 cubic yards of sand and soft clay. It is scheduled to start next month and is part of the multi-million dollar Great Lakes Connecting Channels Project started by the Corps of ftigineers in 1957. This portion of the overall project is located entirely in Canadian waters and is scheduled to be completed in November 1961. It will provide a new five mile long channel, 700 feet wide and 27.1 feet deep in the St. Clair River and extend into Lake St. Clair. It will replace the existing hazardous Southeast Bend Channel and save time in vessel passages. The site of the work area is a former Indian Reserve which the Canadian Government obtained from the Amalgamated Band of Walpole Island for the project. The first order of work will involve the construction of protecting dikes which are designed to contain the dredged material. The contractor plans on removing the material with two hydraulic dredges - a 27 inch dredge called the CARTAGENA and a 20 inch dredge called the SHUNIAH. These dredges will pump the material into the specially designed protecting dikes constructed for this purpose. The CARTAGENA will be brought to the work site from Tampa, Florida, specifically for this work. Approximately 150 dredgemen and laborers will be employed at the site. It is expected work will be performed twenty-four hours per day, six days per week, with 15 Corps of Engineers employees supervising the contractor's operations. This project has been coordinated by the Corps of Engineers with United States and Canadian agencies directly concerned. When completed, the Canadian Government will construct the necessary channel markers and perform any necessary future maintenance. The above Press Information, dated Mar. 22nd. I960, also photos ( Dredge & Aerial Views) used in this article were supplied by Mr. J.L.Avesian, Technical Liaison Officer, US Army Engineer District, Detroit Branch.