Inland Navigation System Planning The Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (2001) / Chapter Skim
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The Corps typically conducts its water resources project planning studies for individual, site-specific water resources projects. This study, however, considered the entire Upper Mississippi River-[llinois Waterway navigation system and is among the larger system-wide studies the Corps has conducted.
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J OF ~ _ Ace—~ ~ ~' _, ELI- O IS 60 1— FIGURE 1.1 Locks and Dams on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway System.
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The early twentieth century also saw the decline of steamboat traffic on the river, and railroads were carrying a larger share of grain and passenger traffic. Nonetheless, Congress authorized a 6-foot navigation channel project in 1907, and the Corps began building more wing dams and adding to the existing ones.
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NAVIGATION SYSTEM FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE WATERWAY SYSTEM Initial investigations regarding potential expansion of waterway capacity on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway were conducted in the late 1980s. Corps of Engineers' planning studies are conducted by the Corps' district offices in two phases: reconnaissance and feasibility.
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The Corps' navigation feasibility study of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway system was initiated in April 1993. This feasibility study followed a Corps reconnaissance study that indicated the potential need for immediate improvements at several locks and dams and future improvements at others.
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SOURCE: USACE, 2000a. CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE In early 2000, the DOD requested the National Academies to review the Corps' Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway navigation system feasibility study.
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The Corps must also consider larger water resources project planning issues, such as formal U.S. federal water resource planning guidelines, possible environmental impacts, and the costs of navigation improvements.
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