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Ag sector improves competitiveness with infrastructure implementation of $829 million investment in Mississippi River locks and dams improvements.

The U.S. Army on Wednesday announced  the Civil Works studies, projects and programs that the Corps would implement in Fiscal…

April 23, 2021 By Shelley Byrne The Chicago Harbor Lock reopened April 15 after a five-month closure to reconstruct a portion of the north chamber wall, with similar closures expected over the next four winters. The closures are part of a larger rehabilitation project being conducted due to the age of the 600- by 80-foot lock, built between 1936 and 1938 by the Sanitary District of Chicago as a component of plans that reversed the flow of the Chicago River so that it flows away from Lake Michigan instead of into it. “Explorator...

February 15, 2021 By David Murray The arctic temperatures and icing that surged into the midsection of the country closed the Illinois River. Beginning February 8, American Commercial Barge Line notified its customers that it was suspending movement in the Illinois River “due to the developing ice conditions.” The National Weather Service’s North Central River Forecast Center said in a February 9 statement, “After a few months of above average temperatures, the last week has seen a push of arctic air that has promoted ice...