Four U.S. House and Senate members from Illinois and Missouri are asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include construction funding to modernize and expand seven outdated locks on the Upper Mississippi River.
House members Cheri Bustos of Illinois and Jason Smith of Missouri are joined by Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois and Roy Blunt of Missouri in asking Corps leaders to include funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) in its 2021 fiscal year work plan.
