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City, Army sign river legacy contract Page 1 of 2 <br /> . o <br /> The Pueblo Chieftain Online <br /> Select file then print to print this article. <br /> Publish Date: April , 2002 * q <br /> i . <br /> kS esjfi14=0.6 ; e� � � <br /> J <br /> . t N � : l ., ' <br /> ", .. <br /> .43 1 <br /> Chieftain photos/John Jaques <br /> Three unidentified strollers pause on the Pueblo Nature Center <br /> boardwalk to watch an unasally low Arkansas River flow by. <br /> Under the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project agreement <br /> signed Thursday, an $8 million rehabilitation to the river <br /> channel should get underway by October or November. <br /> City, Army sign river legacy contract <br /> By PETER ROPER <br /> The Pueblo Chieftain <br /> The Arkansas River was just a shadow of itself Thursday at the Greenway and Nature Center. More than half of the rocky riverbed was <br /> exposed to the hot sunshine as the narrow green river curled its way toward Downtown. <br /> Even so, it was an appropriate setting for the ceremony as Pueblo's City Council signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of <br /> Engineers to begin work on the $8 million Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project - a massive effort that will rehabilitate the river <br /> channel, improve the fishery and even build a recreational boating course Downtown. <br /> "It's a historic day for Pueblo," Council President Mike Occhiato told the small crowd of dignitaries on hand for the signing. "This project <br /> will bring new recreational, aesthetic and environmental benefits to our community." <br /> The legacy project is a partnership that includes the city, Pueblo County, Army Corps of Engineers, Great Outdoors Colorado, Pueblo <br /> Conservancy District and numerous smaller organi7arions, such as the Nature Center and the Pueblo Zoo. <br /> The bulk of the project money will come from the federal government -$4.2 million. Great Outdoors Colorado is contributing $2 million <br /> and the city and county are contributing $400,000 each. <br /> http: / /www. chieftain .com / print /archive /2002iapr /19 /ni5.htm 04/19/2002 <br />