For years, the Waterways Council Inc. has worked closely with the Corps of Engineers and members of Congress, recommending reforms while defending the need for greater investments in America’s once… Read More
Locks and Dams
The Nashville Engineer District announced the award of the final contract in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on February 13 to C.J. Mahan Construction Company LLC of Urbancrest, Ohio. The… Read More
Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) released a study January 14 focused on examining why the costs of lock and dam projects in the United States have escalated while timelines for completion… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District released a notice to stakeholders of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) December 18 regarding upcoming repairs to Holt Lock, located at Mile 347 on the… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District has awarded employees who supported back-to-back repairs at Wilson and Pickwick locks with its Hedgehog Award, recognizing excellence in the performance of their duties. Nearly 50… Read More
Lockport Lock, lllinois River Mile 291, is scheduled to close March 31 through May 19 next year to replace cracked pintle sockets, temporarily closing a key section of the route… Read More
A project to prevent the spread of invasive carp into the Great Lakes is moving forward at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Ill.,… Read More
Just a few weeks ago, crews at Peoria Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway finished installing new fencing and a new access road. It was just the latest of… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced the extension of the comment period regarding the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock Replacement draft general reevaluation report (GRR) and integrated… Read More
After more than a decade in storage, 12 massive beams for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project are being barged to the site. The Nashville Engineer District began moving the first… Read More
