Faced with recent major breaks to the Transcanyon Waterline (TCWL), the National Park Service (NPS) and contractor Stronghold Engineering Inc. have accelerated work across multiple locations on the $208-million replacement project at Grand Canyon National Park.
The $1.59-billion Montgomery Lock and Dam rehabilitation is under construction from the Army Corps of Engineers' Pittsburgh district and contractor Trumbull-Brayman.
A waterways industry organization would like to see some of President Trump’s proposed $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure investment plan go for replacing decades-old river locks, but the group, Waterways Council Inc. (WCI), strongly opposes another administration proposal, levying a new tax on barge companies.
Ports and inland waterways need an additional $6 billion to deepen harbors and overhaul river locks through 2020, says a new American Society of Civil Engineers report.