Push For Federal Funds For Lock and Dam Improvements in Illinois
Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network
The industries that depend on river transportation are pushing Congress to approve funds for lock and dam improvements.
Some of the locks and dams in use on the Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio rivers were built in the 1930s, and they must be rebuilt or refurbished because of age, and widened for ease of navigation, says Todd Maisch of the Illinois Chamber of C