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Members Press Corps on Chickamauga, Soo Locks and Dredge Material Reuse Goals; Corps Reaffirms 2028 Chickamauga Target
Summary
Chairman and members asked Corps leadership about Chickamauga Lock's operational date, staffing and special pay for Soo Locks operators, and ambitions to reuse dredged material; Corps said Chickamauga should be operational in 2028 and reaffirmed a 70% beneficial reuse goal for dredge material by 2030.
Chairman Fleischmann and several members used the hearing to get project-specific updates. On Chickamauga Lock, the chairman said the project was about 85% complete and that $213 million he helped secure in FY26 was intended to finish construction. "We're tracking an operational date of 2028," a Corps witness said, and Lt. Gen. Butch Graham…
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