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Projected timeline extensions and cost overruns on major construction and rehabilitation projects and the need for ongoing funding to replace aging infrastructure were some of the topics discussed at the combined 56th annual meeting of the Tennessee River Valley Association and Tennessee/ Cumberland Waterways Council October 10-11 in Franklin, Tenn.About 40 people attended the meeting, which included an in-depth look at navigation projects on both the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers.Executive Director Cline Jones said that after the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) passed with included funding for projects such as the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, he had been optimistic, but that was tempered somewhat as the Corps of Engineers completed re-evaluations to costs and scheduling."I was just giddy when the investment act came up with enough money to fund Kentucky to completion, and Sen. (Lamar) Alexander had it pretty well set up to fund Chickamauga to completion," he said. "We were pretty disappointed to see that after evaluation, both of those projects were going to go on a few more years." |