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The White House is considering including lock upgrades in its infrastructure bill as part of a broader infrastructure push. Army Corps officials describe mechanical, electrical and structural problems on Mississippi locks, and a 2016 malfunction at Lock 25 halted traffic for about 100 miles.
The article argues that better waterways could reduce highway traffic.
Lock failures and delays raise river freight costs and can shift grain shipments to rail or truck, while funding for upgrades would be a longer-term change to barge capacity.
foxnews.comDouglas KennedyJul 7, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
