Posted December 22, 200816 yr http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081222/NEWS16/812220315/-1/NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article published December 22, 2008 Expansion of seaway is unlikely, Corps says $10B cost estimate in '03 was likely low By TOM HENRY BLADE STAFF WRITER A highly ambitious - and incredibly costly - plan to widen and deepen the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway likely will be shelved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this spring. That's according to Dave Wright, the project manager for a financial supplement to a multimillion dollar federal Corps study that has been evolving since 1999.
December 22, 200816 yr This could have some significant impact on long-term development of Ohio's ports along Lake Erie.
December 22, 200816 yr ^It sure does. Ports along the the Great Lakes are at a disadvantage as the large ships that frequently visit ports in cities like Boston and New York cannot reach cities such as Cleveland and Detroit since the seaway is both too narrow and shallow. However, because of the seaway, the distance to ship materials from Great Lakes to Europe is shorter than shipping goods from the east coast due to the curvature of the earth. Expanding the seaway would be a definite boost to the economies of the great lakes cities, and should at least be studied further.
December 22, 200816 yr If they're that concerned about the cost of deepening channels all the way past Detroit, then don't. Make Ohio the main port!
July 13, 200915 yr http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090712/NEWS14/907120313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article published July 12, 2009 Size of St. Lawrence seaway limits traffic, trade Kaptur backs upgrades as system marks its 50th year By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER During debate 55 years ago about U.S. participation in the St. Lawrence Seaway project, a railroad industry representative testified that as proposed, the system's locks and canals would be inadequate the day they opened. "The evidence is clear and convincing that a 27-foot canal is already an obsolete and out-moded waterway for ocean-going vessels," Gregory S. Prince, the general solicitor for the Association of American Railroads, testified before Congress as it considered the Wiley-Dondero Act that would commit the United States to building two locks and associated canals and channels in the St. Lawrence River.
August 16, 201113 yr It’s official: St. Lawrence Seaway expansion study is dead ‘NOT WARRANTED’: U.S. Army Corps report ends years of debate By JAEGUN LEE TIMES STAFF WRITER TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has officially scratched the idea of expanding the St. Lawrence Seaway to allow larger, ocean-bound ships to enter the system. According the Corps’ most recent report on the Great Lakes Navigation system, the option to construct larger locks and deepen the Great Lakes connecting channels will “no longer be considered” because “both the U.S. and Canada feel that expansion of the system is not warranted at this time.” While proponents of the proposal saw the expansion as an opportunity to bring greater economic growth to the Great Lakes region, area lawmakers and environmental advocates have argued that the physical expansion of the Seaway would only exacerbate environmental destruction. Readd more at: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20110816/NEWS03/708169965
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