The 445-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System faces $91 million in critical maintenance repairs across Arkansas and Oklahoma. While that's an impressive chunk of cash, it pales against the $5.5 billion or more weighing against America's nearly 11,000-mile inland waterway system over the next five years, analyst Norb Whitlock warned Friday.
Perhaps Jake Haulk put it best regarding the sad state of Greater Pittsburgh's river locks: The highest return on taxpayer investment of any money spent by the federal government has been the development and maintenance of our inland navigable waterway system," he reminds.
The United States' overall competitive position in the world economy is threatened by deteriorating infrastructure and the lack of sufficient funds designated to maintain the backbone of the economy. Across all infrastructure categories but most strikingly transportation and water and wastewater, a large gap has opened up between the needs of the systems and the available funding sources. Whereas the precise consequences of inaction are uncertain, it appears likely that similar to firms and businesses that lack productive capital to remain profitable, the U.S. economy will be confronted with an economic challenge. Swift action on behalf of policy makers in Washington and the local level is required to reverse this trend and maintain the economy's superior competitive position in the 21s...
... billion to replace the locks on our aging inland waterway system. A similar situation exists for th...
... adds a significant number of barges to the inland waterway system requiring the addition of towing c...
Mysteries of the Great Lakes is a timely film. All across the Great Lakes basin, there is a renewed interest in the health of the Lakes, and an increased awareness of the importance of this fresh water resource to the social and economic vitality of North America. The Great Lakes, dubbed the 'inland seas' by early European explorers, have some of the most spectacular wilderness scenery on Earth, and a fifth of the planet's fresh water. Today, 25% of all Canadians, and 10% of Americans live on the Great Lakes. In addition, one in every three Canadians and one in every seven Americans rely on the Great Lakes for their fresh water resource for everyday life. Through several interlocking stories, including the story of maritime commerce and the ships that move cargo through the inland water...
... ships that move cargo through the inland waterway, Mysteries of the Great Lakes will take you on a jjourney through the greatest lake system in the world, and showcase the amazing geography, ...
...Kirby, based in Houston, Texas, operates inland tank barges and towing vessels, transporting petro... throughout the United States inland waterway system. Kirby also owns and operates four ocean-go...
Grant to advance juvenile arthritis research The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
...Kirby operates inland tank barges and towing vessels, transporting petro...inland waterway system. Kirby owns and operates four ocean-going b...
For more than 35 years, Bob Portiss has promoted the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. He is the navigation system," said Steve Taylor, vice president of Johnston's Port 33 Inc.
... Dust Bowl and created an international waterway to the world.". Loads are shipped up and down the ... River Commission boarded the largest inland tugboat for the low-water inspection trip along th...
Chad Pregracke plucked tires from the Potomac and yanked mattresses from the Missouri, but none of that prepared him for the foul mess now stretching out before him in Memphis' main harbor on the Mississippi River. Standing in a flat-bottomed boat on McKellar Lake, Pregracke is gazing at large mats of floating trash - plastic containers, 40- ounce beer bottles, paper cups, toys, even coolers and basketballs - bobbing in the wake from his vessel.
..."We make our living off the inland waterway system. We want it to be clean.". Given t...
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