While on-shore work has commenced for the new Zink Dam and Arkansas River pedestrian bridge, crews can’t get started in the river just yet.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has yet to approve a memorandum of understanding for the dam.
"It’s a three-way agreement between the city, the county and River parks, and it’s the high-level, 40,000-foot view of who’s going to do what to take care of the dam once it’s built. And that was a requirement of the Corps," said River Parks Authority Executive Director Matt Meyer.