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Beginning July 1, the Rock Island Engineer District is briefly shutting the Dresden Island, Marseilles, Starved Rock, Peoria as well as LaGrange locks on the Illinois Waterway to promote required repair services as well as upkeep. The closures, which will certainly be performed at the same time to restrict effects to navigating, are set up to last with late October.
During the closures, no vessels will certainly have the ability to travel through the shut locks. Navigation on the remainder of the river, in between the locks, will certainly have the ability to proceed without effect as water degrees will certainly be preserved at a typical degree throughout the period.
Repairs being made throughout the closures consist of substitute of brand-new miter entrances, miter gateway equipment as well as anchorages; setup of brand-new bubbler systems, gateway sills as well as bulkhead recesses; as well as concrete repair service as well as substitute.
For comprehensive info on the job, the lock closure routine as well as relevant effects to navigating go to: www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Navigation-Status/ or get in touch with the Rock Island District at 309-794-5729.
