Notice to Navigators: Illinois River
IRCA: LaGrange Queue Management
At LaGrange, we have generally been locking 3 n/b & 3 s/b, averaging 3.63 hours for N/B tows to transit the lock & 7.51 hours for S/B tows to transit the lock. When we turn the chamber around from n/b to s/b, we typically lose 1-1.5 hours of locking time. To minimize the amount of time we lose while turning the chamber around, the IRCA Locking Committee made a recommendation to USACE to begin locking 6 n/b & 6 s/b. USACE has accepted this recommendation, and the new queue at LaGrange is listed below:
Group 1
Southbound:
- ANGELA K
- SARAH ANNE JUDD
- CLARENCE NIXON
- CHRISTOPHER MYSKOWSKI
- DAVID EVANS
- E. BOWLES
Northbound
- LINDSAY ANN ERICKSON
- HAMILTON
- CARL CANNON
- CRIMSON GLORY
- DANIEL P. MECKLENBORG
- AMERICAN BEAUTY
Group 2
Southbound
- CITY OF NATCHEZ
- PHILLIP BOX
- CITY OF PITTSBURGH
- LUKE BURTON
- BRIAN A. NAPACK
- W.D. NUNLEY
Northbound
- JOSEPH PATRICK ECKSTEIN
- MARGARET ANN
- JOHN D. NUGENT
- RICHARD SIDES
- PROSPERITY
Please disseminate this information widely and remind your mariners to keep a vigilant radio watch for any changes. If there are any complaints or discrepancies, please bring them to me and I will work with industry and USACE to find resolve.
I will send updates as I receive them.
Best regards,
Jeremy “Shot” Tardy
Western Rivers Boat Management, Inc.
Office: 270.444.4772
Mobile: 270.933.8056
Email: tardy@westernriversboat.com