Three years after the passage and signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), most of its funding is still unspent, and the inland industry “remain[s] frustrated with the… Read More
Locks and Dams
A contractor for the Pittsburgh Engineer District blasted away the first portion of the Monongahela Dam 3 near Elizabeth, Pa., about 7 p.m. on July 10. The explosive demolition, which… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, in partnership with the contractor currently working on the Kentucky Lock project, Thalle Construction, celebrated a significant safety milestone with a ceremony,… Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District is moving up creation of a 100-foot navigable channel through the former dam on the Lower Monongahela River at Elizabeth, Pa. While the channel through the… Read More
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) stakeholders will gather in New Orleans August 7–9 for the 119th annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA). GICA President Paul Dittman sat down… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District is moving closer to identifying temporary and permanent fixes to the monolith instability issue that forced an emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior… Read More
Construction is set to begin on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on a new schedule designed to prevent millions of dollars in delays to the navigation industry. After months of… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District has ordered the emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala., following the appearance of new cracks and a stability… Read More
Four months to the day after the upper miter sill failed at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, the lock reopened to navigation May 16, roughly two weeks ahead… Read More
A major hydraulic system replacement at Willow Island Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 161.7, is expected to be complete within days, putting an end to sometimes lengthy delays. Read More
