• The Kentucky Lock Addition Project is located at Mile 22.4 of the Tennessee River near Grand Rivers, Kentucky

  • Authorized in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1996 & reauthorized in WRDA of 2020

  • The project includes design and construction of a new 110’x 1200’ lock to be located landward of the existing 110’x 600’ lock

  • The existing navigation lock is too small to meet current and future traffic demands without significant delays

  • Total Project Cost Estimate is $1,561,073,000 as certified April 21, 2022

  • $652,811,211M expended thru February 28, 2022

  • Estimated to be operational in July 2029-completion in September 2030

  • The Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project is located at Tennessee River Mile 471 in Chattanooga, Tennessee

  • Authorized in the Energy and Water Appropriations Act of 2003 and reauthorized in America’s Infrastructure Act of 2018

  • The project includes design and construction of a replacement 110-foot by 600-foot navigation lock to be located downstream of the dam and riverward of the existing lock

  • A new lock is required at Chickamauga Dam because of structural deficiencies of the existing lock resulting from physical expansion of the concrete structure

  • Total Project Cost Estimate is $954,396,000 as certified March 16, 2023

  • $406M Expended thru February 2023 = 43% completed

  • Estimated to be operational November 2026-completion September 2028

  • Wilson Lock upstream floating guide wall repair/replacement is located at Tennessee River mile 259.4 in Florence, Alabama

  • Wilson’s 110’ x 600’ main chamber went into service in November 1959

  • 12,000,000 tons of economically beneficial commerce valued at approximately $4 billion transits annually

  • In August of 2021, remnants of Hurricane Ida contributed to the sinking of the upstream floating guide wall in seventy-five feet of water resulting in protracted delays and inflated costs to the Valley economy

  • Army Corps lacks the authority to make repairs at TVA-owned facilities

  • TVA is unable to fund replacement and will provide $12-15 million for a temporary stop-gap fix

  • Current estimate to fund replacement is $85 million