ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is urging all navigation enthusiasts within the Upper Mississippi River to prepare for the upcoming navigation closure.
Corps officials are asking to have all navigation vessels move south of Lock and Dam 6, near Trempealeau, Wisconsin, no later than midnight Dec. 1. This will require vessels near St. Paul, Minnesota, to depart no later than Nov. 30.
Corps engineers are preparing for several winter repairs at numerous locks within the St. Paul District. Engineers will begin repairs at Lock and Dam 6, Dec. 2. The locks include Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wisconsin; Lock and Dam 5, near Minnesota City, Minnesota; Lock and Dam 5A, near Fountain City, Wisconsin; and Lock and Dam 9, near Lynxville, Wisconsin, are scheduled for repairs beginning Dec. 10.
If navigation is critical through one of the locks after its closure, please contact the Corps’ Mississippi River Project Office at 651-290-5986.
The Corps’ Minneapolis locks – Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam 1 – will close for navigation Nov. 18. The Lock and Dam 1 Visitors’ Center is also closed for the season.
The nearly 650 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the St. Paul District Fiscal Year 2018 $106 million budget, nearly 1,700 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $163 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
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