I don't fuss about the COE often, they have a thankless job and get a lot of criticism.
With that said I witnessed one of the biggest waste of federal funds I have seen in a very long time. Drove around to the new ramp at hwy 7 to unload in the river and go back down stream, Sardis is above summer pool so shouldn't be a big deal, you would think. Boy was I wrong, unless you are in a small aluminum boat you can't even get off the trailer, sand has the ramp covered and the water is up on the turn around section of the ramp.
Talked to a guy that had unloaded and watched him finally get his boat, 15 foot jon boat with a 15 on it, pushed out in the river and told me there was no way I was unloading my boat, after watching him I saw he was right. Millions of dollars was spent on this project just a couple of years ago and it was a totally waste as far as giving fisherman access to the river, you would think "waterway engineers" of our country would have put the ramp where it would work right.