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May 3, 2024
Beginning the week of July 8, the Pittsburgh Engineer District plans to demolish the old Monongahela Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa.
February 24, 2024
Operational testing is taking place on the new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Lock 4 on the Monongahela River in Charleroi, Pa.
August 18, 2023
Stressing the need for efficient funding for lock construction, WCI hosted members of the media on a tour of Pittsburgh area projects.
May 12, 2023
A new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Charleroi, Pa., on the Monongahela River will begin filling with water sometime the week of May 22.
October 14, 2022
The Tennessee River Valley Association and Tennessee and Cumberland Waterways Council met October 10-11 in Franklin, Tenn.
February 4, 2022
The Montgomery Lock construction project on the Upper Ohio River was a big winner in the Corps of Engineers work plan for Fiscal Year 2022.
January 19, 2022
Engineers will complete a yearslong venture to restore the aging Montgomery Locks in Beaver County thanks to a new round of federal funding.
October 29, 2021
The riverside lock chamber at Charleroi on the Monongahela River has been dewatered, marking a major milestone in the lock construction project.
January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021 By Shelley Byrne 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 could be substantially complete as early as late 2023 or early 2024, said Stephen Frost, project manager for the Pittsburgh Engineer District. The project involves replacing the fixed-crest dam at Locks and Dam 2 at...
December 18, 2020
© Rick Lohre / Adobe Stock As we head toward the end of a very chaotic and COVID-filled 2020 and try to reflect on the positives, the inland waterways had a pretty good year overall. Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI), whose members depend on a modern, efficient inland waterways system, offers this look back, with hopes ahead for the passage of a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 with our construction cost-share adjustment priority in the lame duck session of Congress. A disappointing FY2...