# Groups used creative approach to keep lock and dam open longer during historic flooding – Illinois Business Journal

> At a FreightWeekSTL panel, the Army Corps of Engineers and Kaskaskia Regional Port District described operational changes that kept the Jerry F. Costello Lock and Dam open 17 days longer than typical during the 2019 flooding. The Kaskaskia River moves about 1.5 million tons per year, mainly steel and scrubber stone inbound and grain outbound.

- Date: 2020-05-19 · published 2020-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53329-groups-used-creative-approach-to-keep-lock-and-dam-open-longer-during-historic
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

The story describes past flood-season operations and a modest regional volume, so it has little bearing on current grain freight or prices.

## Sources

- ibjonline.com: https://www.ibjonline.com/2020/05/19/groups-used-creative-approach-at-lock-and-dam-during-historic-flooding/

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