Rock Island District / NESP / Liverpool Side Channel

   NAVIGATION AND ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM (NESP)    

ST. PAUL DISTRICT - ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT - ST. LOUIS DISTRICT

Implementation Report

Public Review

Click to view presentationThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is requesting public review of the draft Project Implementation Report with Integrated Environmental Assessment titled, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program Liverpool Side Channel Ecosystem Restoration Project, La Grange Pool, Illinois River Miles 124 – 130, Mason County, Illinois.
Click the image to the right to view a presentation about the project. ➡️

Comments may be submitted June 12 - July 12, 2025, via our ONLINE COMMENT FORM, by email to: CEMVR_Planning@usace.army.mil, or by mail to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
Attn: Liverpool Side Channel Team
Clock Tower Building
P.O. Box 2004
Rock Island, IL 61204-2004

To request a hard copy, call 309-794-6159, write to the address or email above.

Liverpool Side Channel Project

The Liverpool Flowing Side Channel Project is located in Mason County, Illinois, in the LaGrange Pool of the Illinois Waterway. It is on the left descending bank between Lake Chautauqua and the main channel of the Illinois River at approximately river miles 124-130. 

The primary purpose of the project is to create flowing side channel habitat. The project also aims to reduce sediment deposition to maintain connectivity to the main channel and improve quality of side channel habitat.

The estimated total cost of this project is greater than $10 million.