Nashville Engineer District leaders, engineers and project managers hosted stakeholder roundtables recently to provide updates and an opportunity to visit the district’s two mega construction projects. Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl,… Read More
Locks and Dams
Scheduled maintenance and repair work at Lock 24, at Mississippi River Mile 273.4, near Clarksville, Mo., has been underway since the lock dewatering was completed January 23. Upper bulkheads were… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District’s maintenance support team, on board the mv. Iroquois, recently made repairs to the Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River. The work, which was on the… Read More
The Tulsa Engineer District reports that Webbers Falls Lock, No. 16 on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas Waterway System at Mile 366.6, will be closed to navigation traffic for one week from… Read More
Still without a project partnership agreement, funding for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project is in danger of lapsing. The project, on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Ill., includes a… Read More
Kentucky Lock, at Tennessee River Mile 22.4, has been closed for repairs since a mechanical failure on January 24. According to a navigation notice from the Nashville Engineer District, the… Read More
The main lock at Mel Price Locks and Dam closed January 3 as a crew from Alberici Constructors Inc. began work to dismantle and rebuild two observation structures called overlooks… Read More
The first permanent concrete for the base of the foundation of a new lock chamber at Kentucky Lock was scheduled to be poured December 15, marking a major milestone for… Read More
The Corps of Engineers is hosting four public workshops for the Melvin Price Locks and Dam water control manual revision. Workshops will be held Tuesday, December 13 from 1–3 p.m. Read More
Project directors believe they have enough funding until early January to move forward with the Brandon Road Interbasin Project but might have to stop work after that without a signed… Read More
