IWUB to meet May 23 in NOLA

The Inland Waterways Users Board, an industry federal advisory committee that makes recommendations to Congress and the Secretary of the Army on priorities and spending from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund for construction and rehabilitation projects, will meet May 23 in New Orleans. The board is to receive multiple briefings and presentations on projects, including an update of the Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway Navigation and Environmental Sustainability Project (NESP); and the Calcasieu Lock Study that addresses navigation improvement planning for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) at and in the vicinity of the Calcasieu (La.) Lock in Cameron Parish, La., and the results of simulations. The Army Corps of Engineers’ IWU board meeting is from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at the Westin New Orleans Canal Place hotel. For more information contact Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee via e-mail at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil. (Source: Army COE 04/24/19)