摘要: |
During the July 20 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky., the board voted unanimously to recommend that the remaining cost for several major lock construction and rehabilitation projects be funded entirely by the federal government and not the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF). The projects in question include those at Montgomery Locks and Dam, the Three Rivers project on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Upper Mississippi Lock and Dam 25 and the major rehabilitation of T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam on the Calumet River. All of the projects were included as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) at a level that was believed to fund them to completion. However, updated cost certifications from the Corps of Engineers show they will now cost significantly more. |