Lock work to halt river shipping

An overhaul of the Columbia-Snake navigation system will mean a 13-week shutdown.

VICKI HILLHOUSE
WALLA WALLA UNION-BULLETIN


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WALLA WALLA -- The floating freight system that carries millions of dollars in grain and steel out of Walla Walla each year will be shut down for three months in a massive overhaul of the Columbia-Snake River navigation system.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to shut down the river to transportation as part of a 13-week, $13.2 million replacement of the Lower Monumental Dam navigation lock.

The closure is part of a larger $46 million repair of the navigation system that stretches from Vancouver, Wash., to Lewiston, Idaho -- a major conduit in the Pacific Northwest transportation network.


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