The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law by President Joe Biden in November, is pushing a “tsunami” of federal funding out the door during the next five… Read More
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The Corps of Engineers project team in charge of the Lock & Dam 25 construction is moving ahead, while reconfiguring its plans now that it has full funding. Mike Feldman,… Read More
Member mayors of the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI) from Louisiana, Mississippi and Illinois gathered in St. Louis January 31 with Waterways Council Inc. to profile the transformative… Read More
Federal and local elected officials from Iowa and Illinois, media and guests got the rare opportunity to stand on Mississippi River bedrock and see (and, for some, crawl into) the… Read More
Publications and politicians all over the country are touting the funds their regions have received from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). For this editorial, let’s focus on… Read More
Supporters of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) have powers of faith, hope and patience even greater than Chicago Cubs fans. Year after year, they remind members of Congress… Read More
The offer by a group of farmer-funded and farmer-led organizations—including the United Soybean Board, Soy Transportation Coalition, Illinois Soybean Association, Iowa Soybean Association, Iowa Corn Promotion Board, Minnesota Soybean Research… Read More
Many people welcomed the news on November 5 when the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes $2.5 billion in waterways infrastructure funding. Edward Belk Jr., P.E. Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden dismissed a failed Senate procedural vote that blocked a bipartisan infrastructure deal that includes $16 billion for ports and waterways. “At the end of the day,… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District recently released the draft Project Implementation Report with Integrated Supplemental Environmental Assessment for a Fish Passage Improvement Project at Lock and Dam 22 near Saverton,… Read More
