The several months of high water in the Morgan City area is only worsening the sediment accumulation issues that already existed in the area’s waterways. Plans to dredge Bayou Chene have been put on hold due to the Atchafalaya River dredging project needing funds that would’ve been spent on Bayou Chene, said Tim Connell, Atchafalaya region manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during Monday’s Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District Commission meeting. Bayou Chene hasn’t been dredged in about a decade. Officials say sediment buildup has necessitated dredging in that area. But the Corps is proposing delaying that ...