Navigation Projects

Backlog of Maintenance
The Major Rehabilitation and Major Maintenance Program for the Locks and Dams on the Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway has been ongoing since 1975. Major rehabilitation consists of reliability...
Dredged Material Management Program (DMMP) - Overview
The Dredged Material Management Program (DMMP) evaluates and identifies preferred alternative dredged material placement site(s) using a six-step planning process and, where applicable, a matrix with...
Illinois Waterway
The project includes a total of 268 river miles of 9-foot commercial navigation channel from Chicago to LaGrange Lock and Dam, near Beardstown, Illinois; with 8 locks and 7 dams...
Illinois Waterway Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP)
The Illinois Waterway Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP), part of the Dredged Material Management Program, is a study to evaluate and identify dredged material placement sites to accommodate the...
Illinois Waterway Maintenance Dredging Operations & Maintenance
In order to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel, maintenance dredging is performed at various locations in the reach of the Illinois Waterway in the Rock Island District...
Inland Navigation Design Center (INDC)
The Inland Navigation Design Center Mandatory Center of Expertise (INDC-MCX) is an organization that provides engineering, design, analysis and review services for studies, new locks, new navigation...
Mississippi River between Missouri River & Minneapolis
The project consists of a 314-river-mile reach of 9-foot commercial navigation channel from Guttenberg, Iowa, downstream to Saverton, Missouri...
Mississippi River Maintenance Dredging (Operations & Maintenance)
In order to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel, maintenance dredging is performed at various locations in the reach of the Upper Mississippi River in the Rock Island District...
Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) – LaGrange Lock and Dam 1200-ft Lock
The LaGrange New 1200-foot Lock is the second priority of seven new 1200-foot Lock Projects being implemented under the NESP program...
Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) – Lock and Dam 25 New 1200-ft Lock
The Lock 25 – New 1200-foot Lock is the first of seven new 1200-foot Lock Projects being implemented under the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)...
Section 408 Program
The Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and codified in 33 USC 408 (commonly referred to as “Section 408”) authorizes the Secretary of the Army, on the recommendation of the Chief of...
Small Boat Harbors
All small boat harbor projects have a local sponsor, usually a municipality...
Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway System Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)
NESP is a long-term program of ecosystem restoration and navigation improvements for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). NESP will improve system capacity and reduce commercial traffic delays...