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  • April

    Dredged Material Placement Below Lock & Dam 15

    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 six evaluation criteria: dredging cost; natural resources; beneficial use of dredged material; recreational resources; cultural resources; and social impacts.

  • October

    A graphic showing the location of the new Lock and Dam 25 1200-foot Lock.

    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).

  • August

    Barges on the Mississippi River

    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 through construction of 7 new 1,200-foot locks, mooring cells and switchboat implementation.
  • LaGrange New 1200 Foot Lock Project

    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.
  • Andalusia Small Boat Harbor

    Small Boat Harbors

    All small boat harbor projects have a local sponsor, usually a municipality.
  • Green Bay No. 2 Drainage and Levee District Seepage Berm

    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 Engineers of the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), to grant permission for the alteration or occupation or use of a civil works project provided the Secretary determines that the activity will not be injurious to the public interest and will not impair the usefulness of the project.
  • Dredge Goetz

    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.
  • Tow entering Lock 14 in front of the Mississippi River Project Office in Pleasant Valley, Iowa.

    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.
  • Dredge material placement in Pool 16 on the Mississippi River.

    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 Corps’ dredging needs. The study area includes the Illinois Waterway (Rock Island District’s Portion), which extends 211 river-miles from Lockport, IL, downstream to LaGrange, IL. The Rock Island District’s portion covers 6 lock and dam sites and annually dredges many locations.
  • INDC Logo

    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 dams, major rehabilitation of existing inland navigation locks and dams, and significant inland navigation lock and dam Operations & Maintenance (O&M) projects.
  • Commercial Tow locking upstream at LaGrange Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway.

    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.
  • Dredge Pipeline

    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.
  • An aerial view of Locks and Dam 14 on the Mississippi River near LeClaire, Iowa.

    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 or efficiency improvements.