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Infrastructure

USACE Photo by Leon Roberts

Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Disrict commander, updates

Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee District 3, about ongoing construction at the

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As chairman of the

Energy and Water Development, Fleischmann visits USACE projects to unerstand how his sub committee can support the nation’s critical infrastructure projects. control on the Tennessee River, while the Corps is respon- really focus their efforts on delivering these projects,” said sible for navigation infrastructure. “A two-page memo- Burks. “So they’ve been set aside from the typical portfo- randum from the 1960s still governs this partnership, a lio that the district is executing on an annual basis, pulling testament to the cooperation and shared vision of both those aside and really operating at a different level, a differ- organizations,” said Burk. ent speed, because we’re all about trying to deliver these proj- ects for the nation. With the support of Waterways Council

Key Milestones & Project Timeline and other advocates including members of Congress, we’ve

As with any public works project of this magnitude, levels been able to receive supplemental funds that really gives us and timing of funding is central to whole project ef? ciency. the boost in funding that we have to execute these projects “The decision was made to pull two mega projects out, faster,” said Burks. “Incremental funding is really an inef? - the Kentucky Lock and Chickamauga Lock, so the team can cient way to build a project. You would never build a house 24 | MN May 2025