# River Industry Worried ‘Current Administration Doesn't Understand Our Business' | WKMS

> Three U.S. Congressmen met with more than 40 river industry representatives in Paducah, Kentucky, to discuss infrastructure legislation. Industry leaders said federal officials need a better understanding of inland waterway operations. Discussion centered on public-private partnership proposals to fund lock and dam projects, which industry members argued would raise barge tariffs.

- Date: 2018-03-26 · published 2018-03-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66164-river-industry-worried-current-administration-doesn-t-understand-our-business
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Proposed tolls or P3 funding for locks could reduce barge traffic and raise barge freight costs, which lowers net prices paid to farmers and raises delivered costs for feed buyers on inland river grain flows.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wkms.org: https://www.wkms.org/government-politics/2018-03-26/river-industry-worried-current-administration-doesnt-understand-our-business

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