NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Millions awarded to kickstart Montgomery Locks project Funding will be used to solicit and award the first “moderately sized” construction contract at the Montgomery Locks. A construction project to improve the Montgomery Locks near Monaca will begin this year. The Pittsburgh U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2021 budget includes $22 million allocated to the Upper Ohio Navigation project, a $2.6 billion venture to replace locks at the Emsworth, Dashields and Montgomery locks and dams in the coming years. Funding will be used to solicit and award the first “moderately sized” construction contract at the Montgomery Locks, built in the 1930s and now exhibiting significant infrastructure deterioration.