Additional $214 million Allocated for Soo Lock Construction

By GLSR Staff  |  Latest News
The Army Corps of Engineers has announced its intent to allocate an additional $214 million for construction of the new lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The new funds came through a revision to an earlier allocation of construction funds provided to the Corps through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

IIJA included $1.2 trillion to improve highway, rail, aviation, navigation, water, broadband and energy infrastructure. The law provided the Corps with $17 billion for its civil works program. In January of this year, the Biden Administration announced that $479 million of IIJA funds would be dedicated to completing construction of the new lock at the Soo. That number has now been revised to include an additional $214 million.

In late winter of this year, the Corps updated its project cost estimate for the new lock to $3 billion, surpassing the $1.4 billion earlier estimate. In July, the U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, which includes a revised authorization for the project of $2.9 billion. These new funds are contingent upon this revised project authorization eventually being enacted by the full Congress. The new lock is currently under construction.

TAGS: , , ,

Great Lakes Ports Receive $217 Million Through the EPA Clean Ports Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the selection of 55 applicants across 27 states and territories to receive nearly $3 billion in funding through the EPA’s Clean Ports... Read More

Port of Montreal Strike

An unlimited strike is now underway at the Viau and Maisonneuve terminals at the Port of Montreal, in accordance with the strike notice filed by the Syndicat des débardeurs CUPE,... Read More