Opinion: Corps should make Canal dredging a priority
The San Rafael Canal needs dredging — again. That’s no surprise. The waterway into Central San Rafael regularly becomes clogged with silt and has to be dredged to assure free-flowing boat traffic. But it’s also no surprise that maintenance dredging of the canal is going to require a mustering of political lobbying to get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include the job in its budget.