Contract for chute repairs at W. D. Mayo Lock & Dam 14 awarded to Daxter, Missouri company

By Brannen Parrish - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District

The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction contract to RKE Contractors of Dexter, Missouri, Sept. 20, for work at W. D. Mayo Lock & Dam 14.

Tulsa District awarded the $4,637,335.35 contract to perform embankment repairs on Cherokee Chute in LeFlore County, Oklahoma.

W. D. Mayo Lock & Dam 14 is the first of five Tulsa District maintained and operated locks and dams in Oklahoma on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.

The MKARNS is a 425-mile marine highway that enables river navigation from the Mississippi River to Oklahoma.

District operates locks and dams on the MKARNS in conjunction with the Little Rock District, USACE.