# Long-awaited Mississippi River projects finals launching after influx of infrastructure funding

> The Army Corps of Engineers received $829.1 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program on the Mississippi River. Funding will go toward a new 1,200-foot lock chamber at Lock 25 near Alton, Illinois, and fish passage work at Lock 22.

- Date: 2022-08-31 · published 2022-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40221-long-awaited-mississippi-river-projects-finals-launching-after-influx-of
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Improved lock capacity on the upper Mississippi should ease barge bottlenecks over time, which can narrow barge freight spreads, though construction timelines mean little near-term price effect.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- waterwayscouncil.org: https://waterwayscouncil.org/media/in-the-news/article/2022/08/ag

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