The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a long history of managing navigation, floods, and other water-related issues on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. A recent chapter in that history is the problem of waterway congestion at several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River. The Corps has studied this problem and its possible solutions since the late 1980s, producing a draft feasibility study in 2000 and an interim report on a restructured feasibility study in 2002. A committee was convened to review and provide advice on the most recent phase of the Corps' analytical efforts.


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Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 The Corps of Engineers and the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway
2 Findings and Recommendations
References
Appendix A: Spatial Equilibrium Models and the U.S. Grain Sector
Appendix B: National Research Council Board Membership and Staff
Appendix C: Committee Member and Staff Biographies