The New Orleans Engineer District has extended the public review and comment periods for its Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock Replacement Draft General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and integrated Supplemental… Read More
Locks and Dams
On June 12, President Donald Trump revoked an agreement by the Biden administration that opened a pathway to demolishing four dams on the Lower Snake River in the Pacific Northwest. Read More
The Ohio River closed briefly July 1 after two Louisville Engineer District boats were swept through the tainter gate at Olmsted Locks and Dam (Ohio River Mile 964.4) after one… Read More
Paul Rohde Paul Rohde, vice president-Midwest area for The Waterways Council Inc., has devoted an entire career to promoting the inland waterways. He has been involved in the Navigation and… Read More
Tracy Zea was candid when he spoke to members of America’s Watershed Initiative about the issue of aging locks and dams. “This is a problem,” Zea said, speaking as the… Read More
Repairs at Wilson Lock and Dam are expected to be complete and the chamber reopened on July 8. While work is still ongoing, several key tasks have been completed, allowing… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has published its draft supplemental general reevaluation report (GRR) and integrated supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the replacement of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal… Read More
Better guidance on when the main chamber of Wilson Lock will return to service should be available in the first week to 10 days of June, according to the… Read More
The Corps of Engineers released its Fiscal Year 2025 Work Plan May 15, with funds allocated for Chickamauga, Montgomery and T.J. O’Brien Locks. The Bayou Sorrel… Read More
Crews are more than two months into the projected three-month repair of upstream miter gates in the main chamber at New Cumberland Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 54.3. Read More
