based budget… using seven performance
guidelines to allocate funds among con-
struction projects, to achieve greater value
to the Nation from the Civil Works con-
struction program.
The budget provides a high level of
funding for the projects that offer the best
returns."
"We concur with Secretary Woodley
and applaud the Administration's strategy
to accelerate high priority projects
because they provide high-return benefits,
including Olmsted Locks and Dam (Ohio
River, IL/KY), McAlpine Lock, (Ohio
River, IN/KY), Marmet (Kanawha River,
West Virginia), Lower Monongahela
River 2, 3 and 4 (PA), as wells as major
rehabilitation projects on the system,"
Palmer continued. These major rehabili-
tation projects include Locks and Dams
11, 19 and 24 for the Upper Mississippi
River, and the Emsworth Dam downriver
from Pittsburgh's Point on the Ohio River.
Waterways Council Inc. is, however,
concerned about the proposed possible
suspension of funding for projects not as
far along in their construction cycle, such
as Inner Harbor Navigation Lock
Replacement (LA), Kentucky Lock (Ten-
nessee River, KY), and Chickamauga
Lock (Tennessee River, TN). "We are
also concerned that the proposed budget
does not envision moving more quickly to
construct navigation improvements on the
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers,"
said Palmer.
Waterways Council Inc. is also encour-
aged by the Corps' FY 06 budget request
in the Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
account for a reserve fund to perform
unexpected, yet urgent Corps' mainte-
nance and repair at key waterways facili-
ties. "There have been emergency shut-
downs at 15 key inland navigation facili-
ties on America's inland navigation sys-
tem in the last three years. These shut-
downs, due to a failure of components at
lock and dam sites, have created signifi-
cant avoidable economic loss to shippers
and end users utilizing America's water-
ways," Palmer continued. The emergency
shutdown of the Greenup Locks and
Dams on the Ohio River in October 2003
cost industry users an additional $73 mil-
lion due to the unscheduled closure.
A critical economic generator, the
nation's waterways transport key build-
ing-block commodities such as coal,
grain, petroleum, chemicals, and aggre-
gates that fuel the nation's industrial and
agricultural activity.
The U.S. barge and towing industry is
the most efficient mode of transportation,
moving 15 percent of the nation's freight
for just two percent of the freight trans-
portation cost, saving shippers and con-
sumers more than $7 billion annually
compared to alternate transportation
modes. Also more environmentally sound,
waterways transport handles cargo equal
to 40 million trucks or 10 million rail cars
each year.
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