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Inland Waterways pool, which would shut down navigation,” he said. Peter Stephaich, chairman and CEO at Campbell Trans-

Hettel noted that it’s crucial the project be funded to portation Company, Inc., said his company is probably the completion and that the Corps be able to stay on schedule largest user of the Upper Ohio system and that the com- to ? nish the job on time, referencing other projects such as pleted upgrades would improve reliability signi? cantly.

the Olmsted and Kentucky Lock projects that have been “We won’t have to suffer all the delays; this lock [Montgom- drawn out over several decades. “The timeframe to build ery] has been closed to required maintenance many times,” these projects has got to stay shortened; as they used to say, Stephaich said. “Earlier this year, we were waiting 10 days move it to the left as much as they can. We understand it with fully crewed boats on either side to try to get through takes a long time . . . but we don’t need to fall in that sce- here, which is extremely disruptive and extremely expensive. nario with these other projects. Hopefully we have the la- We don’t get paid for that time. It has cost our company di- bor, and the Corps can ? nish this in 10 years as they plan.” rectly millions per year having to deal with these delays.”

Austin Davis, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania; Col. Nicholas Melin, the commander of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Pittsburgh; U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of

Pennsylvania; Jaime A. Pinkham, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor to the President and White House for

Infrastructure; Mary Ann Bucci, the executive director of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission; and Mark Gentile, the president of Trumbull Corps; participate in a groundbreaking ceremony at Montgomery Locks and Dam in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Aug. 11, 2023.

Michel Sauret / USACE 30 | MN October 2023