Hannibal marina boat ramp closed this week for dredging

HANNIBAL, Mo. — The boat ramp at the Hannibal marina is closed this week so Hannibal Parks and Recreation personnel can dredge without interruption. The ramp will reopen Friday night on Oct. 7, but it will close again on Monday, Oct. 10, if more dredging is needed.

Ellicott Dredge Technologies is training HPR personnel to operate a Mud Cat MC 115D Dredge this week. The dredge, recently purchased from Ellicott by HPR, vacuums up the unwanted sediment and debris and pumps it to a dredge pit south of the marina. The sediment then becomes fill soil that can be recycled throughout the park system.

The maintenance dredging of the Hannibal marina in future years will take place yearly after the boating season.