Navigation Notice: Gulf and Intracoastal Waterways

AMENDMENT - Navigation Notice 19027-1, MVN 22-32

GUIDEWALL CONSTRUCTION
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(Morgan City-Port Allen Alt Rte)
Bayou Sorrel Lock

 

LOCAL NUMBER: 19169 / MVN 22-34
DATE: March 24, 2022

 

Reference Navigation Bulletin No. 22-32, dated 21 March 2022, stating that Bayou Sorrel Lock will be closed to navigation 22 March 2022 through 24 March 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day, due to dive operations being performed by a U.S. Government Contractor.

 

MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT THE DIVE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED, AND THE LOCK WILL BE CLOSED TO NAVIGATION THROUGH FRIDAY, 25 MARCH 2022, FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

 

CONSTRUCTION WILL THEN RESUME ON THE SOUTHWEST GUIDEWALL AND DOLPHIN ON 26 MARCH 2022, WITH THE LOCK HAVING INTERMITTENT CLOSURES TO NAVIGATION MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS, FROM 6:30 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. EACH DAY, UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 2023.

 

Mariners are urged to be cautious and should enter along the north side of the lock and avoid making contact with the southwest side of the guidewall.  The tugboat M/V EFFIE CLARE will be on site to assist with the Contractor’s crane barge and will be monitoring VHF marine channels 13 and 16.

The navigation bulletin will be updated for future lock closures and construction schedules.

 

//Signed//

Wesley M. Sisung, for:

MICHELLE C. DAIGLE
Chief, Technical Support Branch
Operations Division