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