Three contracts funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are helping speed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ rehabilitation of the Markland Lock, near Warsaw, Ky., on the Ohio River. The contracts come after a catastrophic malfunction put the lock’s downstream gates out of commission.
“This is a needed shot in the arm for the project and the economy,” says Col. Keith Landry, commander of the Corps’ Louisville District. “It is work that needs to be done sooner rather than later.”