Each year, when The Waterways Journal asks leaders in the inland waterways industry about the challenges and opportunities of the coming year, perennial issues recur: how to sustainably finance locks… Read More
Lower Mon Project
The Pittsburgh Engineer District will update the public on the Lower Monongahela Project on December 12 as the project nears its final phase. The public meeting, to be held at… Read More
Stressing the need for full and efficient funding for lock construction, Waterways Council Inc. hosted members of the media on a tour of Pittsburgh area projects August 9-11. The tour,… Read More
A new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Charleroi, Pa., on the Monongahela River will begin filling with water sometime the week of May 22. “That will be a big milestone… Read More
With more than 97 percent of the Pittsburgh Engineer District’s funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated to the full funding of the Montgomery Locks construction work,… Read More
With the pumping out of enough water to fill 30 Olympic-size swimming pools, the riverside lock chamber at Charleroi on the Monongahela River has been dewatered, marking a major milestone… Read More
A project to modernize and improve navigation on the Monongahela River in southwestern Pennsylvania is now 68-70 percent complete after more than 25 years of work. The Lower Mon Project… Read More
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
Two days before the official inauguration of the Olmsted Locks and Dam Replacement Project on August 30, members of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) met in Paducah, Ky., to… Read More
The Olmsted Lock and Dam Replacement Project, formally inaugurated on August 30, almost didn’t happen as recently as 2013. Now it is already being put to work impounding a pool… Read More
