Officials have finalized a contract to use a new method to dredge the Atchafalaya River Bar Channel that proponents say should provide a reliable way to keep the channel dredged and accommodate vessel traffic. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Brice Civil Constructors officially finalized a contract Monday for Brice to dredge the Atchafalaya River Bar Channel, said Raymond “Mac” Wade, executive director for the Port of Morgan City. The bar channel begins at the mouth of the Atchafalaya River and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Brice, an Alaskan-based company, will now be able to start getting the ...