The barge industry is getting socked by closed locks and consequent delays on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Members of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) were briefed on… Read More
Locks and Dams
The Mississippi Valley Division of the Corps of Engineers agreed with industry requests to move the date of the scheduled closure of Lock 25 from March 22 to March 8. Read More
The Walla Walla Engineer District will conduct routine annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs at all navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers during March. Walla Walla District dams… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District will begin opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway at 10 a.m. on February 27, to divert a portion of the Lower Mississippi River’s flow into Lake… Read More
A brief lowering of high water allowed salvage teams to retrieve the sixth of nine sunken barges at McAlpine Dam before the water rose again, suspending operations. The barges were… Read More
A Corps of Engineers contractor began prepping for winter maintenance on a foggy river morning at Lock and Dam 4, in Alma, Wis., in mid-December. On this morning the crew… Read More
After years of further input from local stakeholders and some controversial delays, the Rock Island Engineer District released its long-awaited final preferred plan for countering the threat of migrating Asian… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District reports that a repair project at Bayou Boeuf Lock has been extended through November 15. The lock was originally scheduled to reopen about October 15. Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District has mobilized construction crews as part of a contract to repair the lower guidewall at Locks and Dam 15 located adjacent to the Rock Island… Read More
The connectivity of agriculture and waterways transportation was highlighted at the Illinois State Fair, courtesy of U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis, John Shimkus, Mike Bost and Darin LaHood (all R-Ill.). The… Read More
