Over the past five years, the nation has seen a major advancement of major inland waterway infrastructure projects underway, namely lock construction projects at Olmsted, Lower Monongahela (Lower Mon), Kentucky… Read More
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The rain keeps falling in the Midwest, which has seen the wettest year on record. And much of that runoff is bound for the Mississippi River, already in the midst… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A key House committee approved a bipartisan bill its sponsors say will unlock billions of tax dollars in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and invest in the nation’s ports… Read More
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
The February 28 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Galveston, Texas, revealed “one of the most favorable outcomes I’ve ever seen in my years on the board,”… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump once again used his annual State of the Union address to express his eagerness to work with Congress on delivering a major infrastructure investment package, and… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump used wide-ranging remarks to the annual convention of the Future Farmers of America to promote his administration’s efforts on several issues of interest to the waterways… Read More
The Olmsted Locks and Dam Replacement Project, formally inaugurated on August 30, is already being put to work. Lock managers began raising wickets the next day in order to build… Read More
Even though the Olmsted Locks and Dam won’t be fully operational until late October, it is already working. Waylon Humphrey, deputy chief of operations at the Corps of Engineers, told… Read More
In front of a crowd of about 250 elected officials, contractors and industry supporters, the Corps of Engineers formally dedicated Olmsted Locks and Dam on the lower Ohio River August… Read More