# Inland Waterways Stakeholders Highlight Federal Funding Challenges - The Eno Center for Transportation

> Stakeholders at a TRB Annual Meeting session said inland waterways can absorb projected freight growth, with USDOT forecasting a 40 percent rise in US freight tonnage by 2045. They called for more and faster federal funding for Army Corps of Engineers projects and waterway investment.

- Date: 2019-01-18 · published 2019-01-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61296-inland-waterways-stakeholders-highlight-federal-funding-challenges-the-eno
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

The discussion points to long-term capacity constraints on rail and highways that could shift more bulk grain to inland waterways, but funding delays mean no immediate price effect.

## Sources

- enotrans.org: https://enotrans.org/article/inland-waterways-stakeholders-highlight-federal-funding-challenges/

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