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The Annual Review Of Waterway Events
| 题名： | The Annual Review Of Waterway Events |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | DAVID MURRAY |
| 摘要： | For the river industry, 2022 was defined by an unprecedented global drought and heat wave. The summer broke records for heat and drought all over the northern hemisphere and stopped river traffic in most major commercial waterways. Mississippi River water levels began dropping in later summer amid record-breaking drought, lower storm activity brought less rain than usual into the basins that feed the river, and the result was a historic low-water season. Although loads and tow sizes were reduced, a valiant coordinated response by the barge industry, Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard kept cargoes moving.Welcome infrastructure progress also defined the year. Two major projects, the deepening of the Lower Mississippi River and the final stages of a multi-billion-dollar protection system for the greater New Orleans area, initiated in response to Hurricane Katrina, reached completion. The year also saw an unprecedented surge of money flows from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law by President Joe Biden November 15, 2021. Waterways industry leaders called the IIJA a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to see real progress to build locks and dams and to upgrade the rest of America's long-neglected infrastructure." The waterways industry also saw significant initiatives toward decarbonization. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 38 |
| 页码： | 9-10,14-15,40-44 |
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