Marine News, June 2005

<BODY> <div> FY ‘06 Funding: America's Lock & Dam Modernization FY 2006 FY 2006 FY 2006 President's House Efficient Funding Budget Request Mark Up Level Construction Robert C. Byrd L/D Ohio River, OH/WV $914,000 $914,000 $3,000,000 Chickamauga L/D, TN 0 10,000,000 10,000,000 Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, LA 0 9,038,000 19,000,000 Kentucky Lock Addition Tennessee River, KY 0 21,750,000 40,350,000 Marmet L&D Kanawha River, WV 68,830,000 68,830,000 73,500,000 McAlpine L&D Ohio River, IN/KY 70,000,000 70,000,000 70,000,000 Locks & Dams 2, 3, & 4 Monongahela River, PA 50,800,000 50,800,000 63,500,000 J. T. Myers L/D Ohio River, IN/KY 0 700,000 5,000,000 Olmsted L&D Ohio River, IL/KY 90,000,000 90,000,000 110,000,000 Winfield L&D Kanawha River, WV 2,400,000 - 0 - 2,400,000 Major Rehabilitation Emsworth Dam, Ohio River, PA 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 L&D 11 Upper Miss., IA& WI 7,580,000 7,202,000 10,900,000 L&D 19 Upper Miss., IA 17,502,000 17,502,000 17,502,000 L&D 24 Upper Miss., IL& MO 4,300,000 4,300,000 4,300,000 Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) announced that it is very pleased by the action of the House Appropriations Committee, which overwhelmingly approved spending $365.3 million in fiscal year 2006 to complete critical Inland Waterway Trust Fund financed lock and dam projects on the Nation's inland waterways system. The Com- mittee action further underscores and improves upon President Bush's highest ever FY 2006 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program. In their actions, both the Administration and the Committee have demonstrated an increasing under- standing of the many benefits of the Nation's inland waterways system and the goal of keeping the Nation econom- ically strong and competitive. "We particularly applaud the com- mitment of Energy & Water Develop- ment Subcommittee Chairman Hobson, Ranking Minority Member Visclosky and their Subcommittee colleagues to the efficient funding and completion of lock and dam projects from which the entire Nation will benefit," said R. Barry Palmer, WCI President. "The overrid- ing mission of Waterways Council is to advocate for the modernization of prior- ity lock and dam projects and to urge funding at the highest levels possible to see those projects completed," he con- tinued. Waterways carriers, shippers, port authorities and companies which use the nation's waterways to transport essential bulk commodities such as coal, grain, petroleum and chemicals valued at more than $31 billion annually rely upon a well-maintained and modern national system of ports and waterways. June, 2005 • MarineNews 7 NEWS �"��Q�S�P�V�E��N�F�N�C�F�S��P�G��U�I�F��-�P�D�L�I�F�F�E��.�B�S�U�J�O��5�F�B�N� �U�P��C�V�J�M�E��U�I�F��/�B�W�Z��T��-�J�U�U�P�S�B�M��$�P�N�C�B�U��4�I�J�Q� ��0�O��D�B�M�M��X�J�U�I��U�F�D�I�O�P�M�P�H�Z� �� 0�R�I�N�C�I�P�A�L��#�O�U�R�T��3�U�I�T�E��#��#�H�E�S�A�P�E�A�K�E��6�!�� F�A�X� �W�W�W��F�D�G�M��C�O�M Circle 230 on Reader Service Card $365 Million for Critical Lock and Dam Projects JUNEMN2005 1(1-8).qxd 5/25/2005 5:18 PM Page 7 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>