# Fight Over River Training Structures Is Of Concern - The Waterways Journal

> Five conservation groups have sued the Corps of Engineers in the Southern District of Illinois over its use of river training structures such as bendway weirs and chevron dikes on the Middle Mississippi. The Corps uses these structures to scour a 9-foot navigation channel and reduce dredging needs.

- Date: 2020-05-29 · published 2020-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53018-fight-over-river-training-structures-is-of-concern-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

The litigation could eventually constrain how the Corps maintains the navigation channel, creating a longer-term risk of depth or dredging cost changes for barge freight, though no immediate price impact is evident.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2020/05/29/fight-over-river-training-structures-is-of-concern-barge-transportation/

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