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Coosa Valley Development Authority (Code of Alabama: Title 33 Navigation and Watercourses; Chapter 16)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Alabama
Document type
Legislation
Date
1975 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
River basin institution Waterworks Navigation Inland waters Surface water Transport/storage Internal trade Coastal zone management Sewerage Water supply Drainage/land reclamation
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Code of Alabama provides for the Coosa Valley Development Authority. It provides that the construction of a navigable waterway between Montgomery and Gadsden and to the Alabama-Georgia boundary, utilizing the channel of the Coosa River, would provide a new transportation route of great importance and would stimulate the development of commerce, agriculture and industry in many sections of the state. In connection with the waterway, the authority may do or cause to be done the following: (1) construct, improve, maintain and operate all highway and railroad bridges necessitated by the waterway and construct and maintain all highway relocations and alterations necessitated by the waterway; (2) construct, improve, maintain and operate all river and canal terminals necessitated by the waterway; (3) construct and maintain all alterations in sewer, water supply and drainage facilities necessitated by the waterway; and (4) assume any increased cost necessitated by the waterway in connection with maintaining and operating utility crossings.

Full text
English
Website
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us