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SEN. VITTER APPLAUDS CORPS' OK OF MR-GO CLOSURE
December 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The office of Sen. David Vitter, R-La., issued the following news release:

U.S. Sen. David Vitter today applauded the issuance of a formal "notice to proceed" on the closure of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps announced this week that the construction of a 950-foot rock barrier can now begin and should be completed within 220 days.

"Last year, almost to the day, I announced that the Cor . . .

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