Funding to complete improvements to Lock and Dam 25 was included in the infrastructure bill that passed in November. Soybean Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek says this is a big win for agriculture. “Agriculture’s been pining for a number of these lock and dam projects for years. People questioned whether it would be a broken record, whether we’d just aspire to these projects only to be disappointed.” Steenhoek says the project will more than double the capacity of Lock and Dam 25. “It will take the existing 600 feet long by 110 foot wide lock chamber and add an additional lock chamber to it that’s much bigger. There will be two chambers.”
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