Reporters got a chance to ride a towboat, visit a lock and meet with industry professionals while learning about the importance of infrastructure along America’s inland waterways during Waterways Council… Read More
Kentucky Lock
Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake Barkley. Read More
On January 19, the Corps of Engineers released its FY21 Work Plan for allocating funds provided in the FY21 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill that was part of the… Read More
Work continues on the addition of a second chamber at Kentucky Lock, with completion of the downstream cofferdam contract sometime in February projected to temporarily ease navigation delays that have… Read More
Members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered around their respective computers and smart devices August 6 for the association’s 115th… Read More
A second helper boat will add a night shift on certain nights to help reduce the upbound queue at Kentucky Lock. The Nashville Engineer District announced in a Navigation Notice… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A key Senate committee voted unanimously to advance its water resources bill to provide roughly $17 billion in new authorization for infrastructure projects, cut red tape and push a… Read More
By Lee Roberts Nashville Engineer District Public Affairs A contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed the 10th and final concrete shell for the Kentucky Lock addition… Read More
A crowd of more than 30 people squeezed into the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office November 14 to hear about upcoming plans affecting river navigability in the coming months at… Read More
A lock operator at Kentucky Lock received the U.S. Army Meritorious Civilian Service Medal from the commanding general of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division. Maj. Gen. Robert… Read More
