# Congressional push for Corps action of NESP on Mississippi River - Marine Log

> A bipartisan group of members of Congress wrote to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging it to prioritize funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program on the Upper Mississippi River. The letter notes that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides $2.5 billion for inland waterways as a category, but not yet for specific projects such as Lock and Dam 25, LaGrange and Lock and Dam 24.

- Date: 2021-12-13 · published 2021-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43809-congressional-push-for-corps-action-of-nesp-on-mississippi-river-marine-log
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Delays at aging locks slow barge traffic and raise transport costs for grain and soybean shipments from the Midwest. Funding commitments could eventually ease bottlenecks and narrow basis discounts for interior farm origins.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-04-25 | [Damaged lock forces closure of Mississippi River in Illinois – Professional Mariner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65675-damaged-lock-forces-closure-of-mississippi-river-in-illinois-professional.md) | +2.0% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2017-05-03 | [Coast Guard closes portion of Upper Mississippi River to all vessel traffic – Illinois Business Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71173-coast-guard-closes-portion-of-upper-mississippi-river-to-all-vessel-traffic.md) | +0.8% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2019-06-21 | [Armada of barges cleared for Mississippi River shipments after floods](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58495-armada-of-barges-cleared-for-mississippi-river-shipments-after-floods.md) | -3.0% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2025-01-24 | [ACBL issues upper Mississippi River reopening plan \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16479-acbl-issues-upper-mississippi-river-reopening-plan-latest-market-news.md) | -2.0% | -2.4% |
| SOY | 2019-02-26 | [Extreme water flows on the Mississippi River - The Swedish Club](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60483-extreme-water-flows-on-the-mississippi-river-the-swedish-club.md) | -0.9% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- marinelog.com: https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/congressional-push-for-corps-action-of-nesp-on-mississippi-river/

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