The Upper Ohio River Navigation Project Update

The Upper Ohio River Navigation Project  which includes  replacing existing  auxillary lock chambers on the Dashield, Emsworth and Montgomery Dams has not begun because funding has not been  appropriated, according to Marc Glowcezewski from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh . According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Glowcezewski said once the funding is released  the lock chambers will be modernized to make them more efficient for  vessels passing through the small chambers on the Ohio River. Glowcezewski said the  new auxillary chambers will be constructed next to the existing ones  to increase efficiency and  the capacity  on the water. The  new chambers will   alsoGlowcezewski said   provide safe and  reliable navigation on the Upper Ohio River.