Illinois River La Grange Lock and Dam Replacement

This was a redundant post concerning the Lagrange L&D. What little content that was here has been moved to the end of the other notes. I'm going to recycle this post for the lock replacement project.

It is interesting that they did so much work in 2017 and 2020 doing repairs if they plan to replace the lock.

Jun 26, 2023:

safe_image for USACE to host public information session for new 1,200-foot lock chamber at LaGrange Lock and Dam
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is hosting a public information session, July 11, from 6-8 p.m. to provide review of the preliminary design plan for a new 1,200-foot lock chamber being designed for the LaGrange Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway near Beardstown, Illinois. Click the link below for more information.

USACE, a hi-res copy
The meeting was held in Meredosia, IL.
"The new LaGrange lock chamber is one of seven 1,200-foot [366m] lock projects being implemented in the Upper Mississippi River System as part of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program."
For more information visit: https://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Rock-Island-District/Programs/NESP/
[I poked around on this website. I finally found that the only other 1200' lock they plan to build is an additional lock at Dam #25 on the Mississippi. It has priority over this lock, as it should.]

While checking out the location of Meredosia, I noticed that the satellite caught an example of why they want a 1200' lock. Every two between 7 and 15 barges has to be split in two in order to go through the lock.

Satellite